Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!druid!darcy
From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 386/ix mailx as distributed with 386/ix
Keywords: 386/ix mailx
Message-ID: <1990Mar17.224007.21538@druid.uucp>
Date: 17 Mar 90 22:40:07 GMT
References: <511264@nstar.UUCP> <1990Mar12.151107.21982@pegasus.com> <1990Mar15.171151.27801@actrix.co.nz>
Reply-To: darcy@druid.UUCP (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario
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In article <1990Mar15.171151.27801@actrix.co.nz> john@actrix.co.nz (John Vorstermans) writes:
>What are the bugs in Mailx.  Would appreciate some response as we are at
>present using it on our system.
>
One bug I found is that the -e option doesn't work properly.  It leaves
a .lock file in the mail directory which causes elm to fail and to take
a bunch of time doing so.  Of course elm could check to see if the process
in the lock file is still alive but it is still a bug in mailx.  BTW mailx
and mail don't have any problem getting past the lock file.

>
>Email please.
>
Sorry - against my religion.

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