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From: craig@csdgwy.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Getting rid of phantom NEW MAIL msgs upon login...
Message-ID: <400@csdgwy.unsw.edu.au>
Date: 18 May 88 16:32:15 GMT
References: <11957897978315001@bert.chem.wisc.edu>
Organization: University of New South Wales
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In article <11957897978315001@bert.chem.wisc.edu>, LIVINGSTONE@bert.chem.wisc.EDU (Gonzo Fibes) writes:
> A MAIL.MAI file was accidently erased before two new mail msgs were
> read.  The MAIL.MAI file was re-CREATEd, but now everytime the user 
> logs on, he receives a "You have 2 new MAIL messages" when he doesn't.
> Real mail sent to this user increments the number from 2 to three and so
> on, but the baseline always stays 2.  My guess is that somewhere, in 
> some file there were some bits set which need to be un-set.  Anyone
> out there know the infrastructure of the MAIL utility well enough to
> help me get rid of this msg?  My SYSOP is stumped.

This problem was described in a PAGESWAPPER a couple of years back.
I seem to recall (I haven't checked) that the solution was to go into MAIL
and type READ/NEW.
                                                                   
						Craig McGregor