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TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.1897

Written by: MILLER		 3-Apr-78 09:51:33

Edit checked: NO			   Document: NO
  TCO Tested: NO		Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO

Program: MAILER

Related TCO's:
Related SPR's: 


Problem: MAILER can write into a MAIL
file beyond a user's quota.

Diagnosis: Quota check is made only once, at the time the
MAIL file is opened. Since MAILER is privileged, it may
go over the user's quota.

Solution: Write the MAIL file unprivileged so that any
quota violations are noted immediately.

TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2056

Written by: HESS		20-Oct-78 10:40:17

Edit checked: NO			   Document: YES
  TCO Tested: NO		Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO

Program: MAILER

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Problem: MINOR ENHANCEMENTS TO MAILER

Diagnosis: SEE SOLUTION

Solution: 
1) Add feature to MAILER to not notify a user of new mail if he has
   "Refuse System-Messages" set.

2) Have MAILER set the last-writer string of a MAIL.TXT file to be the
   senders user name.

TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2062

Written by: HESS		23-Oct-78 19:51:01

Edit checked: NO			   Document: YES
  TCO Tested: NO		Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO

Program: MAILER

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Related SPR's: 


Problem: 
FORMAT OF TO: AND CC: LINES DO NOT CONFORM TO RFC733 (MAIL FILE
FORMAT STANDARD FROM ARPA) AND THEREFORE THE USER LIST CANNOT
BE PARSED BY MAIL SYSTEMS FOR REPLY ADDRESSES.

Diagnosis: 
NO COMMA AT END OF LINES THAT ARE CONTINUED ON THE NEXT LINE OF
A TO: OR CC: LIST.

Solution: 
ADD COMMA AT END OF TO: AND CC: LINES

TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2242

Written by: OSMAN		 1-May-79 13:12:39

Edit checked: NO			   Document: NO
  TCO Tested: NO		Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO

Program: MAILER
   Routines Affected:	mailer

Related TCO's:
Related SPR's: 


Problem: MAILER dies if you pass it bogus user numbers

Diagnosis: MAILER tries to catch failing DIRSTs.  However, it neglects the
fact that failing DIRSTs leave an error code in AC1, and MAILER
assumes there's still a byte pointer there.

Solution: fix it

TOPS20 Change Order Number 4.2260

Written by: OSMAN		29-May-79 10:00:21

Edit checked: NO			   Document: YES
  TCO Tested: NO		Maintenance Release: NO
Hardware-related: NO

Program: MAILER
   Routines Affected:	mailer

Related TCO's:
Related SPR's: 


Problem: When in EMACS (a popular editor these days), you don't see
[You have a message...].

Diagnosis: MAILER checks to see if terminal is in binary mode (TT%DAM),
and doesn't announce mail if so.  This is unfortunate, since some programs,
like EMACS, use TT%DAM to send binary data to the screen.

Solution: Don't check TT%DAM when deciding whether to send the message.
Note that users that don't want the announcement can either say
REFUSE SYSTEM-MESSAGES (drastic measure though!!) or REFUSE LINKS (not so
drastic).  SET MAIL-WATCH is useful too.