mailx problems - anyone seen these?
Marc Weinstein
mhw at fithp
Fri Jun 14 09:31:36 AEST 1991
I'm having a number of problems with mailx, originally received from
THE STORE!.
First, there are times when I'll receive a number of mail messages
from different systems, yet the display of messages (from the 'h'
command) will show some messages coming from the wrong systems. I
think it happens only with two consecutive messages - mailx will show
both messages as coming from the sender of the first message. The
Subject displayed is always correct, though. I think it's especially
sensitive to smail-type messages, where the message header contains
multiple reply fields (eg - both a From: field and a Reply-To: field).
The second problem is coupled with heavy I/O activity on a tty. When
typing my mail messages, characters, or entire lines, can be lost and
don't show up in the message - it's as if I never typed them, yet they
showed up on the screen as I was typing. For instance, if I'm receiving
netnews batches on my tty, even at 2400 baud, I'll notice I made a mistake
in my mail message and I'll do a ~v to enter vi. To my shock and surprise,
half the message I typed in has disappeared - lines are truncated, etc.
It's as if mailx had gone to sleep and ignored half my input.
Has anyone seen these problems?
--
Marc Weinstein
{simon,royko,tellab5}!linac!fithp!mhw Elmhurst, IL
-or- {internet host}!linac.fnal.gov!fithp!mhw
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