Unmatched . error FIXED!!!!

[Claude.P.Cantin at NRC.CA]

From: Ken Lalonde <ken at cs.toronto.edu>
Two days ago, I sent a request for help concerning a Unmatched ". error
when I was trying to read some mail (using the BSD mail interface).

The first reply I got was from Ken Lalonde (cs.toronto.edu)
and he hit the spot!!!

Here is part of what he wrote:

>Sounds to me like the error is coming from the shell, not Mail.
>For messages longer than a certain length (the value of the "crt" variable),
>Mail forks your PAGER (default "more").  It uses your shell to invoke
>the PAGER.
>It may be that your PAGER variable has an extra quote in it, or
>there is a problem with your .cshrc, or /etc/cshrc.

>The problem wouldn't show up when reading short messages, since no
>PAGER is started in that case.

>Try doing this inside Mail and see if the problem goes away:

>   set SHELL=/bin/sh

>I have the above command in my .mailrc.  It is a lot
>faster to start /bin/sh than /bin/csh, especially if you have
>no .profile.


I got rid of my "PAGER" definition, and all seems well...

Thanks everyone (specially Ken) to make this list work!!!


               Claude Cantin