Mailx on System 5

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2 total messages Started by James Carter Tue, 23 Feb 1988 04:41

#696

Author: James Carter
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1988 04:41

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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?

Mail would be appreciated since I _sometimes_ miss reading the news.


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Re: Mailx on System 5

#701

Author: Brandon Allbery
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 1988 22:51

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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?
+---------------

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.
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	      Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc
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