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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 10:23:01 EST
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From: Ronald A. Jarrell  <JARRELLRA%VPIVAX6.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA>


What problem with pagelength 0 and mail?

I ran into a neat problem with mail and the fact that an UNKNOWN terminal
attempts to clear it's screen when leaving mail, by printing numlines*numchars
spaces..  DSIN told me to set pagelength of 1...  Then, when I complained, they
said, "Well, mail is just trying to be consistent." "Sure it is," reply I, "
but wouldn't it be nice for VT100's to do it to?"  "They Don't?  waitaminute..
What do you know they don't. Well, we'll SPR that as an inconsistency in VMS."


Argh.

-Ron Jarrell