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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 07:13:57 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pine dumps core under -stable 
Message-ID:  <18082.893070837@gjp.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Apr 1998 17:20:31 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980419170226.864A-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> 

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Burton Sampley wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSF.3.96.980419170226.864A-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com>:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> 
> Thanks for the help.  A number of people have responded to check
> /etc/login.conf for per user limits.  Somehow I don't think that is the
> problem since I *can* open the same file that causes Pine to blow up in VI
> wihtout VI dumping core.  I tried changing all values for memory in the
> default section to inifinity and then logging out and back in, I still get
> the same results.

Opening the file with vi is not a good indication. pine does some
weird stuff with MIME encoded messages which means it uses more memory
than vi does with your average, modern, mail box.

You may want to try typing `unlimit' before starting pine, see if that helps...

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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