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From: SLOANE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: add file for VMSmail extracted files broken?
Message-ID: <10834@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 89 15:58:21 GMT
References: <8909070205.AA07083@vrdxhq.verdix.com>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <8909070205.AA07083@vrdxhq.verdix.com>,
 "Seton R. Droppers" <sdroppers%PBS.uucp@uunet.uu.net> writes:
> I have noticed that when I attempt to add a group of mail messages that have
> been extracted from VMS mail that the ADD FILE function of news does not
> recognize the the VMS mail headers for the first message that has been extracted
> into the file.  The sender is marked as "unknown" and the subject is marked as
> "<NONE>".  We are running news 5.8A.  Is this a know problem and are there any
> workarounds?

This is very odd.  I receive my main feed via mail, and am having no problem
with it.  I just use the MAIL EXTRACT command and then the NEWS ADD FILE
command and everything works fine.  Could you send me a sample mail file that
demonstrates the problem, and the DCL that you use to process the mail?
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