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From: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Navarra)
Subject: Re: Folder corrupted error
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.235201.3203@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Northwestern University
References: <1991Apr3.194126.17428@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1991 23:52:01 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.194126.17428@leland.Stanford.EDU> cubfan@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Rick Casares) writes:
>Can anyone here verify if the explanantion below is true.
>
>>>
>>>what does it mean when I try to use elm and it gives me the following message:
>>>
>>>Reading in /usr/spool/mail/jmaster, message: 0
>>>Folder is corrupt!!  I can't read it!!
>>>
>
>Second user repsonds by saying:
>
>>    This often happens to me.  It means that you have received a mail message
>>with some kind of header that Elm can't figure out.  It seems to have trouble
>>with headers of messages that come back because they can't be delivered.  I
>>haven't bothered to figure out whether the problem is with Elm, or with the
>>machine that bounces the mail back.  Anyway, use the regular Unix mail program
>>to read your mail, and get rid of the message that is confusing Elm.


    This sort of thing happens because whoever compiled elm on your system
 kept the edit mailbox feature which allows common users to mess up their
 header. You can edit your folder in /usr/spool/mail back to what it shold be
 and then everything will return to normal. Or just mail yourself a message
 and copy it your Mail file.


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