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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: ELM Problem???
Message-ID: <1989Oct13.174918.29110@DSI.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 89 17:49:18 GMT
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Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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tom@ismdqa.intel.com (Tom Soukup ~) writes:

>I have a pretty serious elm related problem that has caused several users
>to lose mail.  What I believe is happening is that when elm tries to create
>the temporary mailbox in /tmp and the filesystem overflows, elm continues
>on assuming that the file was created.
...
>My question is this.  Is this possibly what's happening or is there
>something else that I need to look for?  If this is an elm bug, is it known
>and getting fixed?

It's a known problem, and no, its not getting fixed, as it is a very
generic problem, and I will hold out for a complete solution and not
a partial one.  The problem is EB09 from the known bug list.
Those wishing to solve the problem, and not just patch part of it,
are welcome to do so.

As to why I will not accept patch work solutions, because if the importance
of this one gets reduced, it will never get solved at all.  As long as
people have problems with it, it stands a chance of getting fixed.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
Datacomp Systems, Inc.				Voice: (215) 947-9900
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