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RE: New Mail Count

#4086
From: oberman
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1987 17:49
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>The newmail counting program is useful for 'action at a distance', but
>is not all that necessary. Individual users can repair the count by
>using the command READ/NEW on an EMPTY NEWMAIL FOLDER as many times
>as there are fictitious new mail messages. Ignore the 'no more messages'
>warning when performing this repair.

Actually, it's even easier, now. VMS (4.5) now realizes that if you READ/NEW
on an empty NEWMAIL folder, you can't have any new mail and zeros the count.
So, only one READ/NEW is needed.


					R. Kevin Oberman
					Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory
					arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa
					(415) 422-6955
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Subject: RE: New Mail Count
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