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From: anderson@udder.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Fatal bus error condition under elm 2.3 pl9
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Date: 10 Dec 90 22:59:57 GMT
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In article <1990Dec10.204010.7183@wubios.wustl.edu>
jeff@wubios.wustl.edu (Jeff Gabel) writes:

>Configuration: Running elm 2.3 pl9 on Sun 3/260 under SunOS 4.1
>Elm was configured without debugging enabled for this installation,
>so the error message we get is minimal.

>Bug: When using s)ave or C)opy for particular messages getting a 
>fatal error (as follows):

>Bus error signal!

That's where I get Segment violation signal.

>Emergency exit taken! All temp files left intact!

>Essentially, if I send a message to mutiple recipients, with myself included
>as a recipient (i.e., I'm in both the `From:' and `To:' headers), and then 
>attempt to save or copy it to the default folder for that message  (in this 
>case `jeff'), this error can occur. The relationship of the headers to this 
>error is not totally clear, as I can simply mail myself a message and 
>successfully save it. Also, things function normally when I Cc: myself, or 
>just send to 1 or 2 other recipients besides myself. As a matter of fact, 
>another user pointed out that attempting to save certain multiple recipient 
>messages, in which they were not the sender, also generated this error. So, 
>in fact, I'm guessing that the `To:' header probably doesn't come into play at 
>all here; the correspondence of the `To:' header to this error is simply what 
>I observed and I haven't had a chance to test any further.

In investigating this, I've determined that up to 5 addresses in
the To: line seems to work all right.  6 or more causes the problem.
I'm running PL9 on a DECstation 3100/Ultrix 3.1.

Syd suggested recompiling with -DDEBUG turned on, then run elm -d10
to get more info, but I haven't had a chance to try that yet.

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