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From: mhw@fithp (Marc Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: mailx problems - anyone seen these?
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.233136.9742@fithp>
Date: 13 Jun 91 23:31:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Weinstein Consulting
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I'm having a number of problems with mailx, originally received from
THE STORE!.

First, there are times when I'll receive a number of mail messages
from different systems, yet the display of messages (from the 'h'
command) will show some messages coming from the wrong systems.  I
think it happens only with two consecutive messages - mailx will show
both messages as coming from the sender of the first message.  The
Subject displayed is always correct, though.  I think it's especially
sensitive to smail-type messages, where the message header contains
multiple reply fields (eg - both a From: field and a Reply-To: field).

The second problem is coupled with heavy I/O activity on a tty.  When
typing my mail messages, characters, or entire lines, can be lost and
don't show up in the message - it's as if I never typed them, yet they
showed up on the screen as I was typing.  For instance, if I'm receiving
netnews batches on my tty, even at 2400 baud, I'll notice I made a mistake
in my mail message and I'll do a ~v to enter vi.  To my shock and surprise,
half the message I typed in has disappeared - lines are truncated, etc.
It's as if mailx had gone to sleep and ignored half my input.

Has anyone seen these problems?

-- 
Marc Weinstein
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