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Re: Mail bug

#1695
From: Anthony Berno
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:18
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In article <1992Apr16.052604.25060@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
sorcerer@leland.stanford.edu (Erik Peterson) writes:
> I am using NeXT mail release 2.0 (v62) and I keep coming across a  
serious bug.
> 
> About 20% of the time when I send a message in non-Next mail mode it  
arrives in  
> NeXT mode.
> 
> This wouldn't be any problem if I didn't have to communicate with the  
non-NeXT  
> world but I do....
> 
> Any ideas on this?

This has been happening to me as well, and I finally discovered (almost)  
what it is.

There is some peculiar key combination that, when typed, causes the  
deliver button to develop that funny triagle around it without changing  
the NeXT / non-NeXT button to NeXTmail. I don't know what the key is, but  
I have hit it accidentally several times. (Bad ergonomics!)

Fix: Check the mailbox icon on the deliver button before you send. If it  
has the triangle, press the NeXT / non-NeXT button twice, and it will go  
away.

-Anthony
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From: aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Anthony Berno)
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Subject: Re: Mail bug
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:18:45 GMT
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