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vax 7.3M: Athena release 7.3 -- problem with "from" in console window on login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gptesler@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Wed Sep 25 22:42:50 1991
From: gptesler@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 91 22:43:26 EDT
System name: w20-575-37
Type and version: VAXSTAR 7.3M
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
See whether or not I have any mail when I log in.
What's wrong:
Since release 7.3 came out, I usually have not gotten messages "You have
1 message (...)" or whatever in the console window when I log on.
Instead, I get something like:
22:21 Setting up environment...
22:21 attach: /afs/athena.mit.edu/contrib/sipb linked to /mit/sipb for filesyste
m sipb
22:22 Starting mwm window manager...
22:22 Starting the Athena Dashboard...
22:22 Creating logout button...
22:22 Creating initial xterm window...
22:22 Running standard startup activities...
22:23 from: can't find post office server.
22:23 from: Trying unix mail drop...
22:23 Running custom startup activities listed in ~/.startup.X...
22:23 gor: w20-575-40.MIT.EDU :0.0 Wed Sep 25 22:13:26 1991
22:23 Session initialization completed.
which has error messages instead. If I type "from" on my own after the
initialization completes, I do get a list of messages, and I can incorporate
them successfully.
What should have happened:
The lines with "from" shouldn't be there, and instead if I have any
mail a line "You have n messages (xxx bytes)" or something like that should
be displayed.
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