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to: Paul Edwards
from: andrew clarke
date: 1995-04-13 04:25:54
subject: msq304 bug 1

PE> Ok, David More has reported the first MSQ304 bug.  The problem  
 PE> is that under DOS, if you send netmail and enter "To" name, and 
 PE> that name is not an "alias", it will do a nodelist lookup.  The 
 PE> bug is that after doing the nodelist lookup, I don't close the 
 PE> file.  This means that the next application that tries to use 
 PE> that nodelist (e.g. Binkley), will fail to open it, which could 
 PE> well mean that Binkley refuses to start!  :-(

Shouldn't you open the file in read-only sharing mode?


 PE> Workarounds:

 PE> 1. Wait a couple of weeks so that I can consolidate any further 
 PE> bug reports and bring out a new release, which will be 3.05. 

Still waiting for 3.04. :-|

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