[7027] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.2P: Athena 7.2 login with temporary directory & MH
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 3 08:44:11 1991
From: gptesler@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 91 08:43:57 EST
System name: w20-575-93
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.2P
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
Login on a machine which couldn't attach my directory.
What's wrong:
The machine displayed a message warning that any mail I incorporate
will be lost when I logout, but the new 7.2 documentation flyer states
that it will not be lost.
What should have happened:
The message should be updated so as not to scare people. Since the
documentation says MH won't lose the mail, but other programs might,
and since MH is the primary mail system on athena, the warning should
either be eliminated or should be modified to apply only to other
mail systems.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Athena 7.2 Release: Changes that Affect General Users and Program
Developers, Version 1 -- page 12, section 7, first bullet
