Re: flist -- "Killed" -- oom (*not* 1.8 related)

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Ken,

> > > I think we have to push this back on the MH-E people
...
> >    $ refile +31415 </dev/null
> >    $ folder +31415
> >    31415+ has 1 message   (1-1).
>
> I'm aware of that, but what happens if you have a subfolder that is
> all numeric?  I believe all of the nmh tools will treat that subfolder
> as a message

    $ ref +3/1/4/1/5
    Create folder "/home/ralph/mail/3/1/4/1/5"? yes
    $ folder +3/1/4/1/5
    3/1/4/1/5+ has 1 message   (1-1).
    $ scan -forma %{from} +3/1/4/1/5 1
    Ken Hornstein <kenh@pobox.com>
    $ scan -forma %{from} +3/1/4/1
    scan: unable to read: Is a directory
    scan: scan() botch (-3)
    $

> (that's the real issue).

The real issue is nmh doesn't forbid folders named with just decimal
digits and even creates them when requested.  MH-E is set a bad example.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.