Subject: Re: Pine Bug

From: [email-masked] (The Shrim Dude!)
Date: 20 Mar 1995 00:16:58 GMT

If you need to Add an address to an existing list, you will have to go into
List Take Mode rather than Single Take Mode. Use the Apply-Take method to
go into List mode after selecting the mail with the ";" command.

In comp.mail.pine, some queer sunspot activity fomented Matt Simmons to pen:
 -  When 'T'aking a name from the inbox, and attempting to add it to a
 -  distribution list (I tried with an empty list and a non-empty list), Pine
 -  gives an "Error updating addressbook: Pine Bug" message.  

 -  It asked me if I wanted to replace the list with the address taken from the
 -  inbox.  Ideally, IMHO, Pine should either automatically add the name to the
 -  list, or present an option to do so.  The error occurred after I indicated
 -  that Pine was to replace the list with the new name, and I accepted the
 -  default values for the ensuing prompts.  The message appeared at the point
 -  where Pine usually adds the name to the addressbook and writes it out to
 -  disk.

 -  Sorry if this bug has been reported before -- I've been less than religious
 -  in reading the mailing list.

 -        Matt Simmons  --  Purdue University  --  West Hell, Indiana
 -            Purdue Ski Team - Purdue Ski Club - Lambda Chi Alpha
 -                          [email-masked]

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From: Matt Simmons <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 07:14:28 -0500 (EST)

On 20 Mar 1995, The Shrim Dude! wrote:
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I shouldn't have to. It should check to see if a list already exists under
the name I give it.  If the list does exist, the name should be added
(optionally, a prompt could be given to overwrite the list).  Actually, it's
broken whichever way you look at it: as it is, it asks you if you want to
overwrite the existing list, you say yes, it bombs out during the
addressbook write sequence with a "Pine Bug" error.

      Matt Simmons  --  Purdue University  --  West Hell, Indiana
          Purdue Ski Team - Purdue Ski Club - Lambda Chi Alpha
                        [email-masked]
          http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/simmonmt/index2.html