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From: cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: an interesting problem I have....
Message-ID: <1653@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 12:12:12 EST
Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1653
Posted: Mon Dec  7 12:12:12 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 10:45:18 EST
References: <8712070024.AA10098@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
Lines: 28
Summary: Bogus "you have 1 new message" in VMS Mail

In article <8712070024.AA10098@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, gjwelych@SUNRISE.ACS.SYR.EDU ("Welych, Gregory J.") writes:
> It seems that every time I login, it tells me I have one new mail message,
> but when I get into mail, and type dir, it gives me the directory of my
> main folder. This seems to have been caused by my compressing the main

Here at BSU we have several thousand students making nearly constant use of 
Mail, so I've seen this problem a couple hundred times.  I'll post here rather
than E-mail so that everyone elsewhere who's got the same thing can see it if
they'd like.

Your problem can be caused by several different actions, including reading the
NEWMAIL folder from another account having access to your Mail file(s) and 
MOVE-ing messages out of the NEWMAIL folder.  Basically, the "new message 
count" gets out of synch with what's actually in your mail.

The fix is simple: 

   Read any and all new messages that may actually be present.

   Give the command READ/NEW at the MAIL> prompt.

... that should make Mail take another look, readjust its counter, and your
problem is solved!

Chris Chiesa


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