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Re: utmpclean and email content-type

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Lopes)
Tue Dec 5 18:30:23 1995

To: Yoav Yerushalmi <yoav@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Chris Lopes <lopes@MIT.EDU>, netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 05 Dec 1995 18:20:23 -0500.
             <9512052320.AA25426@afterburner.MIT.EDU> 
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 18:29:55 EST
From: Chris Lopes <lopes@MIT.EDU>

> I looked at it. It seems to assume a SystemV utmp file, and although
> porting is a possibility, utmpclean should really not exist.
> What programs are leaving gunk on your machine? (utmp should be
> correct, and if something is messing it, we should fix that instead).

well, it's fine now (mysteriously), but the next time it happens, i'll
try and determine which programs (possibly rsh or rlogin) are doing it

>  You should make sure you're not doing any
> mime-related stuff with that or somesuch. 

uh...how do i determine that
(other people i know with different accounts than me have the same
problem on ringworld)

> Also, try using
> exmh to see if it parses it correctly.

yup, exmh parses it fine

???
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