inc loses mail when file system full

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From: Steve Dempsey
Date: Wed, 10 May 1989 21:38

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The first time this happened, I was completely aghast when inc said:

     3 empty
     4 empty
     5 empty
     6 empty

After a few other commands, I finally got a `write failed: file system full'.
I had not noticed that my partition filled up, and inc did not bother to tell
me either.  Not only does inc give no error message, but the new mail is
deleted from the mail drop and lost forever.  This is not right!

Before I go mucking around in the code (MH6.6), I wonder if anyone has already
fixed this.

        Steve Dempsey,  Center for Computer Assisted Engineering
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523    +1 303 491 0630
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Subject: inc loses mail when file system full
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