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From: tedcrane@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Ted Crane)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: an interesting [MAIL] problem I have....
Message-ID: <3194@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 15 Dec 87 23:10:06 GMT
References: <8712080300.AA06591@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <3123@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <9587@udenva.cair.du.edu>
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Organization: Tompkins County Computing, Ithaca, NY
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In article <9587@udenva.cair.du.edu> jrozbori@udenva.UUCP (Jim Rozboril) writes:
>>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, ...
>>
>Hey folks, I tried read/new and it didn't work.  Any other suggestions?
>
>roz

It hasn't failed me yet.  Of course, if you READ/NEW and there is new mail 
waiting to be read, it will read the new mail and NOT reset the counter.
You have to continue using READ/NEW until there is not more new mail and
you get the message
	No more Mail