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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: C (change folder) to % problem?
Message-ID: <1989Nov17.020845.17698@DSI.COM>
Date: 17 Nov 89 02:08:45 GMT
References: <114@bohra.cpg.oz>
Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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ejp@bohra.cpg.oz (Esmond Pitt) writes:
>I am running ELM 2.2 PL0.
First off, current version is PL13, not PL0, the archive-server@dsi.com
always stands ready to send out those patches.

>When I try to change folders to % (my mailbox) I get 'mail folder is
>corrupt!', whether or not % (= /usr/mail/ejp) is empty.
% is not your spool file, its the folder directory, and that directory
is indeed a corrupt mailbox.

>Is this a known problem?
One of these years someone might put in  a check that the file about
to be opened is indeed a file and not a directory.
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