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Article #5329Re: Problems with elm 'print' command
From: Leslie Mikesell
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 05:02
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 05:02
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In article <6572@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> jrt@PacBell.COM (John Trinterud) writes: >Now, type 'p' for print, and I get two lines: >From: root >Date: Thu Dec 14 01:00 PST 1989 > >and no message!! > I complained about this a long time ago, and I'm sure everyone who tries to print things sent from stock sysV mail has had the same thing happen to them. The problem is that (a) standard sysV mail doesn't use or require any header lines, and (b) Elm and readmsg (which is used to print) use a different method to determine the end of the headers. Thus, readmsg decides that there is nothing below the headers that it is supposed to remove (i.e. no blank line separating header an body), and tosses the whole thing. Of course by the time you notice that there is nothing on the printout, you have deleted the message. Personally, I think Elm should generate the printout directly, so that you would be assured of getting the same thing as the screen display. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!chinet!les From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Problems with elm 'print' command Keywords: print command calendar , calendar entries Message-ID: <1989Dec16.050243.4930@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 16 Dec 89 05:02:43 GMT References: <6572@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Lines: 24