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In article <bs6m_l_.mendi@netcom.com>, mendi@netcom.com (Greg Mendizabal) writes:
> Recently I set up a batch job to remind me of important events (via 
> VMS MAIL) and then resubmit itself.  Yes, you can see the GLARING error
> that I made -- I had not changed the trigger time and so the process went
> berserk and sent me 1638 mail messages before it crashed.  Well, in a 
> rush I deleted the mail out of my directory without reading it.
> 
> Now, everytime I logon I have 1638 new mail messages.  I cannot eradicate
> this "flag".  I've tried deleting my mail directory, the "mail" itself 
> (ie send myself new mail and then do a del/all within mail).  I've even
> killed my UAF entry and regenerated......only to find 1638 mail messages
> waiting!!!

    Gee, couldn't you have used a BIGGER HAMMER??  (Sorry, just couldn't
resist... ;-)                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> So, where is this flag bit set and kept????  We have another account with
> the same problem (only 2 msgs however).
> 
> This is driving me nuts!  ;-)

    Just start up MAIL, READ any and all new mail messages.  When you
are _sure_ there are NO NEW MAIL messages left to read (I don't mean you
have to delete them, you just need to have read them), then type READ/NEW
and exit:

	$MAIL
	MAIL> READ
	MAIL> READ
               .
               .
               .
	MAIL> READ
	%MAIL-E-NOMOREMSG, no more messages

	MAIL> READ/NEW
	%MAIL-W-NONEWMAIL, no new messages

	MAIL> EXIT

The new mail count has now been reset to zero...

		Cheers, Ken
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