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From: paul@DELRIO.CC.UMICH.EDU ('da Kingfish)
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Subject: Re:  mail problems, mailx query  ( SR 9.7 )
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Date: 14 Apr 89 22:32:43 GMT
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Jeez, bitching about berknet compatibility -:)

I am pretty sure that is why the 'r' command is putting that ':' in
your address.

Some time ago, someone (precise is my middle name) maybe Chris Torek
pointed out that deleting one character from a set of characters in the
mail source and recompiling fixed that.  I believe that was fixed in
4.3 (sr10), though.

My only guess for the stuff getting munged in your mailbox is
conncurrently running mail delivery programs writing into your mailbox
at the same time.  That would happen, I believe, if the processes were
on the same node (and the mailbox file could be on any node).  I
think.  Especially if the files were large, it seems like the
probability of overlap would be greater.

--paul