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From: barker@wd0gol.WD0GOL.MN.ORG (Bob Barker)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: "corrupt folder" in 2.3 PL0
Message-ID: <41@wd0gol.WD0GOL.MN.ORG>
Date: 14 Oct 90 05:43:07 GMT
Organization: Robert Barker & Associates, Eden Prairie, MN.
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Forgive me if this has been addressed here before or if any of the patches
fix this problem, but elm has always worked beautifully for me before so
I haven't been following this news group!

I recently changed the name of my machine and while I was at it, upgraded
elm to 2.3 PL0 from 2.2 PL0.  Somewhere in this process, elm decided to
start writing corrupt messages to my mailbox file.  I am using System V.3
(Interactive 2.0.2) unix which has sendmail.  If I send mail, by invoking
"elm USER" it appears to be sent alright, but when I try to use elm to
read it, I get something like:

Reading in /usr/mail/barker, message: 0
Folder is corrupt!!  I can't read it!!

Glancing at the code would lead me to believe that this would be caused
by a bad "From:" line in the header.  /usr/mail/barker looks like:

---
From: barker (Bob Barker)
Message-Id: <9010140500.AA21561@wd0gol.WD0GOL.MN.ORG>
Subject: test
To: barker (Bob Barker)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 90 0:00:37 CDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL0]

This is a test
---

Can anybody help me shead some light on this?  If its a matter of
this being a known problem solved in a certain patch, please let
me know which one.  If not, please let me know how I might go about
resolving the problem.  I LOVE elm and hate not being able to use it!

Thanks!

-Bob Barker
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Bob Barker                                               barker@wd0gol.mn.org
Robert Barker & Associates           
Eden Prairie, MN.