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From: dad@cbnewsl.att.com (d.a.de graaf)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Folder corrupted error
Summary: elm does handle mmdf weirdness
Message-ID: <1991May1.093613.696@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 1 May 91 09:36:13 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.194126.17428@leland.Stanford.EDU> <4@aim1.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <4@aim1.UUCP>, deon@aim1.UUCP (Deon Botha) writes:

> Stuff deleted about SCO mmdf's perverse practice of delimiting messages
> with 4 Cntl-A's and how this makes mail file "corrupted" for elm.

The Configure script for elm 2.3, PL11 includes the question "Does this
system use MMDF as its MTA?".  If you answer this question affirmatively
all will be well.  The elm developers have included workarounds for this
inconsiderate arrogance of the SCO developers.

I often think how much simpler life would be if people would spend half
as much time learning how the system works already as they do developing
new redundant stuff.
 
--
	Dave De Graaf,  whgsu.att.com!panda!dad