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1 total messages Started by Craig Graham Fri, 08 Nov 1996 00:00
Wierd mail problem! :/
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Author: Craig Graham
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 00:00
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I've a bizarre intermittent mail problem that's started since upgrading
to Miami (1.1 regged). I've tried upgrading my SMTP daemon to the GetMail 
REXX client that's on a Demon webserver (this is NOT the Aminet POP3 
client), with no effect.

Every now and again, say once a week, when I recieve an email it's been
blended with another incoming mail. So about half way down the message,
I'll suddenly find part of someone else's message, then 5 lines later 
it'll switch back to the first, then again to the second etc.

I'm using Voodoo as my mail reader, but I have the 'offline' rexx script
executed by Miami make a backup of the spooldir before Voodoo modifies 
it. The backup shows the same corruption, hence it's not Voodoo that's
causing the problem.

Since the problem started after I installed Miami, it could possibly be 
related, but the intermittent nature makes it very hard to track down.
I also upgraded from a 14.4 modem to a 33.6 at around the same time.

I originally suspected ToolManager, since the first time this problem 
occurred, there was binary garbage in the spoolfile, amongst which where 
the full paths of a couple of icon files loaded only by Toolmanager. 
Evidently removing that program hasn't fully solved the problem, though
there's now no binary junk in the spool.

I've tried everything I can think of myself, so I'm hoping someone out
there can help ;)

I'm about to upgrade to the latest version of rmail, but since rmail
works on whole temp files put in RAM by the smptd daemon, and it would
appear to the the original temp files that are being corrupted (two 
incoming connections sending mail to one file?) I don't have much hope
of this being a quick fix.

Please bear the crossposts in mind when replying.
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