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From: art%mwvms@MITRE.ARPA
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Subject: RE:vms mail
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Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 14:55:13 EST
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>On logging into the system VMS tells me I have new mail but after
>checking mail there are 'no new messages'.  The false new mail notice
>is always in the form of "you have one new mail message".  Why is this
>so and is there a fix?
     
The databases have gotten out of sync.  The easiest way to get them back in
sync is to type
MAIL>SELECT/NEW
MAIL>exit
     
This should then reset the databases back to zero.  Note: this can be caused
by machine crash, User deleting a file he should not have, or system manager
reading the mail file of a user a deleting a message.  I understand that it
will automatically reset the pointers during a purge/reclaim operation but
they generally do not take place very often.