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From: steve@jack.UUCP (Steven Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Of Large Mailboxes, Elm, and uPort
Message-ID: <770@jack.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 07:22:45 GMT
References: <500@fallst.UUCP> <163@usource.UUCP>
Reply-To: steve@jack.UUCP (Steven Harrison)
Organization: Systems'n'Software
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In article <163@usource.UUCP> frankb@usource.UUCP (Frank Bicknell) writes:
>
>I have had a similar, but not quite so destructive
>experience under Xenix 2.3.1 (386, but code compiled with
>286 compiler).  I doesn't seem to have anything to do with
>how much space is available for a /tmp/... file.  My error
>ocurrs when the message counter passes about 140 or so (I
>think it is dependant upon the size of the messages,
>however).  The error message reads: 

Segment Violation Signal!



Emergency Exit Taken!  All Temp Files Intact!


(once again: thank you, Intel, for your gift to the world of
segmented memory.... oops, I'm forgetting myself...)

>
>Anyone else had the same problem?
>-- 

Frank,

Of course we all have! (Just kidding but thanks Intel!).  I have also
had this occur depending on which way I sort the mail.  I almost have
the errant pointer located.

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J. Steven Harrison
Systems'n'Software
San Diego, California  92103-5111
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