[7893] in Athena Bugs
rt unknown version: zmailnotify giving bogus error message
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barr3y Jaspan)
Fri Aug 9 12:22:33 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 91 12:22:48 EDT
From: "Barr3y Jaspan" <bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: pit-manager
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC unknown version (no /etc/athena/version found)
Display type: apa16
megapel
(Note: pit-manager is running a 7.2 root and 7.3 packs, or vice versa,
or something. :-)
What were you trying to do?
Use zmailnotify.
What's wrong:
It used to be that zmailnotify would just work. Then, one day I
started getting "Maildrop for bjaspan is busy..." messages, and was
told that it was because we started using slower pop software, or
something like that. Whatever.
However, I've recently noticed that I now get the error message
*every* time I run zmailnotify, but I also *always* get the mail
notification immediately afterwards.
What should have happened:
If the notification is going to work, I shouldn't get an error
message; it's annoying and ugly. Is there some reason that
zmailnotify can't tell if the notification is going to work?
