Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!cfchiesa 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 ..!rutgets!iuvax!bsu-cs!cfchiesa