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From: rk5y@vax1.UUCP (   )
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: an interesting problem I have....
Message-ID: <587@vax1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 00:55:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  7 00:55:24 1987
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In article <8712070024.AA10098@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> "Welych, Gregory J."  writes:
>I have a problem with VAX mail.....
>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

Try the following:
Get into mail, then type read/new, the prob. will gone.

Good luck.