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From: moll@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Wolfgang Moll [moll@cs.bonn.edu])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Problem with X11 and openwindow when using mail
Keywords: Windows
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Date: 19 Mar 91 18:33:00 GMT
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X-Original-Date: Fri Mar  8 11:00:32 1991
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I`m observing a very strange behaviour when using mail from a MIT X11
window on a machine which runs the OpenWindows X manager.

To clarify the sitatuation:

I've a client (Sun SLC) which runs OpenWindows.  Now I'm starting a X11
window at another machine B which runs MIT X11 R4.  On the client A this
is done with: rsh B exec xterm -display A:0 I've now a MIT X11 window on
my screen which runs on machine B.  Both machines operate under SunOS
4.0.3.

This works almost fine except when I call mail.  Every time I'm reading or
sending mail the OpenWindows Xnews server on client A consumes a lot of
CPU time -- about 30 seconds for reading a 10 lines mail.  This means that
I`ve have to wait 30 seconds until the mail is displayed.  On machine B
the mail command uses less then 1 CPU second.

And now the funny thing: If a run mail on the same window under a new
remote shell which is started on machine B (e.g. rlogin B; mail) all works
fine.

Since I've no idea what is going wrong any hints are welcome.

Thanks in advance
Wolfgang Moll