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Re: inhibit-local-variables..., INBOX.CRASH

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From: Dan_Jacobson
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1991 21:11
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>>>>> On 21 Apr 91 22:03:38 GMT, kyle@uunet.UU.NET (Kyle Jones) said:

Kyle> Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM writes:
 > Often my [Amdahl SYS V compiled 18.55] emacs gets stuck on subshell
 > stuff (some kind of SYS V problem, not a VM problem)... so I have to
 > hit ^G, send myself some mail, and then type "g" in VM to hopefully
 > get all the stuff and the nothing-mail I sent myself out of the
 > INBOX.CRASH ... that's when the loop happend ...
 > 
 > Anyway, It [by the way] would be neat if the "g" or some other key
 > would get mail out of the crash box, even if no new mail arrives...

Kyle> It should be doing this already.  (Everyone touch their crash box
Kyle> now and type `g' and see if VM notices it.)

Actually, I just found probably the most common manifestation of this
is the state where on disk a message has been appended to INBOX, but
hitting "g" gives "No new mail."
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Subject: Re: inhibit-local-variables..., INBOX.CRASH
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