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From: SDROPPERS@pbs.uucp (Seton R. Droppers)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: add file for VMSmail extracted files broken?
Message-ID: <2235@pbs.uucp>
Date: 18 Sep 89 17:12:14 GMT
References: <8909070205.AA07083@vrdxhq.verdix.com> <10834@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <10834@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, SLOANE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane) writes:
> 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?

Just a quick followup, I am seeing this straight from mail into news, not using
Bob's GATEMAIL program.  I will (I hope) be sending Bob some examples of what
mail seems to do on my machine.
-- 
Seton Droppers  -- "Anything that I say is my opinion and not my employer's."
Public Broadcasting Service, 1320 Braddock Pl. Alexandria, VA 22314
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(VAX/VMS running DECUS UUCP 1.1, ANU News 5.8A)