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From: jeff@uhccux.UUCP (Jeffrey Blomberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Problems with 'mail'
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Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 18:06:22 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 12 18:06:22 1987
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We often encounter a situation where a user on our system manages to get
the mail program into a CPU run state, and although the user drops their
modem line the process remains on the system.  In cases like this, the
sys admin must kill the process.  When the user gets their billing report,
they are often surprised to see the cost....

Anyway, I have not been able to reproduce the problem, but still see several
occurrances a week and have been unsuccessful in getting a problem description
from the users.  Just curious if any other Ultrix sites have observed
this problem.  Is 'mail' sensitive to typical line garbage? 

Configuration info:  Utrix 1.2 (8650), dhu-11 lines to Gandalf PACX, all lines
		     configured for modem control, standard 'mail' program.
		     stty -nohang is the default.
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Jeffrey Blomberg, University of Hawaii Computing Center 808/948-7351 
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