Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:11:41 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 289908] mail(1) "inc" + "save" command creates malformed mbox file it can't re-open properly Message-ID: <bug-289908-227-LekpHcsfEX@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-289908-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=289908 --- Comment #1 from Tim Chase <freebsd@tim.thechases.com> --- I've further narrowed this down to just `inc` corrupting things: $ echo body1 | mail -s test1 $USER $ mail & set hold and in another window $ echo body2 | mail -s test2 $USER then back in the first window, incorporate the new message & inc At this point, it correctly identifies two messages in the mailbox: & h Modify the mailbox (in this case by reading a message changes the read-flag) & 2 & q Quitting re-writes the $MAIL file (/var/mail/$USER) without the space between the two messages so that re-opening the mailbox causes the two messages to be merged into one: $ mail only shows one message, and when displayed, has the body of "test1" concatenated with the headers of "test2" followed by "body2". -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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