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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Mailx on System 5
Message-ID: <7449@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: 29 Feb 88 22:51:53 GMT
References: <451@penguin.UUCP>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.bugs.sys5
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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As quoted from <451@penguin.UUCP> by jac@penguin.UUCP (James Carter):
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| I am running a 3B1 and SVR3 and have been having trouble with Mailx. It
| also occurs on two other 3B1's and an Altos 3068 here in Tulsa.
| 
| When responding the the "?" prompt with a carriage return, mailx will skip
| the next sequential message and then print the one following, ie. 1 - 3 -
| 5 - etc. If the message numbers are used however, it works fine. What do
| we have set wrong?
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I'm posting because it's of general interest.  It also occurs in at least one
version of Ultrix, so it's not the System V port.

The problem is that CR is mapped to "next"; with autoprint on, this works
because delete displays the next message automatically, but if autoprint is
off you skip messages after a delete or save.  No real fix is possible; you
just have to use CR only if autoprint is set.
-- 
	      Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc
       {well!hoptoad,uunet!hnsurg3,cbosgd,sun!mandrill}!ncoast!allbery