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From: alh@pyrnova (Alan Holzman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm 2.2 PL10
Keywords: All mail is lost if /usr/spool is full !
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Date: 15 Nov 89 18:26:24 GMT
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Reply-To: alh@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Alan Holzman)
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In article <90691@pyramid.pyramid.com> alh@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Alan Holzman) writes:
>
>	I've just seen a second occurence of the following :
>
>	I finish reading/reviewing my mail and am ready to exit. I often
>	leave between 3-12 active messages in my mailbox when I quit, rather
>	than having them saved to the =received folder. When I did a "q" to
>	quit Elm, a saw a system message that /usr/spool was full. When I
>	tried to then re-enter Elm or even use bsd Mail, all of those 
>	messages were gone ! 
>
>	1.) Is there something we have done wrong in configuring Elm ?
>
>	2.) Is this a known bug ?
>
>	3.) Is there a definite fix in PL11,12,13 or Elm 2.3 ?
>
>	4.) Should I start allowing all messages to go to the =received
>	    folder rather than risk a re-occurance ? (that would be a real
>	    pain ... )
>
>	Have others had the same thing happen ? We are running on a Pyramid
>	MIServer with 1 cpu & OSx 5.0 ...
>		 
> 

Syd ;
	Could you or someone else please respond to this and the number of
other postings regarding this problem. If there is currently no fix available,
or if a fix is in the works for x weeks / months in the future and also what
your recommendation is for today. Should we all do as I suggest in item # 4
or are their other workarounds ?

Thanks very much for your help ;

- Al