Actually, no, I have been traveling around different hospitals so, no "desktop". I have been reading all my mail via a PINE session. I wish I knew what this was. Later on, given "spare time" I'll look at your solution. Thanks! Robin
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Gregory Hicks wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:04:24 -0400 (EDT) > > From: MEISNER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Saxon Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: "'Randall Gellens'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, QPopper Mailing List > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: QPOPPER3 and QPOPPER4 > > > > Since I have already deleted the 50 or so of this message, I have, in > the > > last couple hours, received this message again, twice. Could you > please > > check with your email admin to see if they can halt it from sending > > > > THANK YOU > > I'll bet the message shows up each time you check mail and your desktop > machine was checking mail all night long... > > Although I have no connection w/Qualcomm and Randy, I'll throw my own > $0.02 worth in here. > > Each instance of this type of behaviour I have seen in the past (w/over > 8,000 users and I'm one of three Postmasters - we get *ALL* the mail > problems) is caused by a corrupted mail spool or inbox. > > The message shows up each time you check your mail spool - no matter how > frequently - and cannot be deleted. > > The fix is to lock your mail spool (usually with a "touch user.lock" > file) and then try and find the offending message. If you can, fix it > up or delete the entire message (from the line beginning "^From ..." to > the next "^From ..." (^ means 'anchor at beginning of line. Also note > the SPACE after the word From...) > > If this doesn't fix it, check your "Inbox" (Netscape), "Inbox.mbx" > (Eudora)... You could try rebuilding the index files for these > > .Inbox.summary (Netscape) > Inbox.toc (Eudora) > > Just some thoughts on where to look... I could be wrong - and have been > wrong in the past - but your description sounds like... > > Regards, > Gregory Hicks > Postmaster, Cadence.COM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer > Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 > 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3479 > San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though > she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I > worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy, > where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the > Internet?'" --from the Cryptography list > >
