[14832] in Athena Bugs
Re: UNDELIVERED_MAIL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Jacknis)
Tue Nov 19 23:52:28 1996
To: Matt Braun <mhbraun@MIT.EDU>
Cc: mjacknis@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU, mjacknis@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:19:33 EST."
<199611191719.MAA06971@forever.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:52:25 EST
From: Mike Jacknis <mjacknis@MIT.EDU>
} Are you aware that rebooting the machine should be sufficient to release the
} locked messages?
No I was not aware of that... but i'll try. :)
} Maybe it would be a service to teh community if you rebooted machines you
} found locked messages on instead of sending lots of mail.
I am not trying to provide a "service to the community." After all, my
going around and alerting users does not scale very well and a lot of
people would have to be doing it for there to be any general or
long-term effect. A better solution to the problem, if it is in fact a
problem, would be to either fix it or inform users more generally that
the problem exists and what is the suggested workaround.
However, as long as i am writing back, I was wondering if you or someone
could tell me whether or not what I seem to be observing is in fact an
actual bug? Or am I misunderstanding something? I can understand a few
backed up messages but what I am observing seems to be consistent.
If this is in fact a problem, it is particularly hard on users because
no error message or warning is ever sent back in regards to the unsent
mail. That's why i'm asking you.
Thanks,
Mike Jacknis
(617) 225-8411 Burton-Conner 454A
Don't throw it out... REUSE it... (ask for details)
