Re: mail util: invalid message number

[Thomas Esser]

> > Well, if I mv my .mailrc away, everything is ok. But something, I guess
> > the autoprint option, still causes these messages.
> 
> How can I reproduce the bug? I mean, which sequence of commands is to
> be issued in order to do so. How many messages should have the
> mailbox? I'd appreciate as many detail as possible.

Ok, the first problem are empty lines in .mailrc Here, a test
with empty mbox:

  $ echo > .mailrc

  $ mail
  1: invalid message number
  mail (GNU Mailutils 0.1.2), Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  mail is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
  For details type `warranty'.
  Send bug reports to <address@hidden>.
  No mail for te

Then, with one message in mbox and "set autoprint" in .mailrc:

  $ mail 
  mail (GNU Mailutils 0.1.2), Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  mail is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
  For details type `warranty'.
  Send bug reports to <address@hidden>.
  "/var/mail/te": 1 messages 1 new
  >N   1 Thomas Esser       Sun Nov 12 20:20  17/684   
  ? d
  1: Inappropriate message (has been deleted)

Does this help?

Thomas