Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!tedcrane From: tedcrane@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Ted Crane) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: an interesting [MAIL] problem I have.... Message-ID: <3123@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 18:14:45 EST Article-I.D.: batcompu.3123 Posted: Tue Dec 8 18:14:45 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 14:50:54 EST References: <8712080300.AA06591@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: tedcrane@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Ted Crane) Organization: Tompkins County Computing, Ithaca, NY Lines: 27 By now, several people must have offered the solution to this problem (new mail counter and contents of NEWMAIL folder out of synch). READ/NEW is documented, but the situation is so silly that no matter how many times I hear the problem, I've never felt the need to point the user at the manual. On the other hand, here is a suggestion which will help avoid the problem: In MAIL, the keypad-MINUS key is defined as "READ/NEW" by default. So, why not use DCL to define the same key as "MAIL"? Then, to enter MAIL and read new mail, just hit the keypad-MINUS twice in a row. As a side effect, the new mail counter will be brought back into synch with the actual NEWMAIL folder contents! For the lazy, here's the DCL command: $ define/key - /nolog - /if_state=DEFAULT - /echo/terminate - MINUS - "mail" (This presumes various default settings of DCL and your terminal, adapt as necessary). - ted crane, alias (tc) tedcrane@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BITNET: tedcrane@CRNLTHRY {decvax!ucbvax}!tcgould.tn.cornell.edu!tedcrane DECnet: GOPHER::THC (607) 273-8768