[Info-vax] mail notification when resuming DECwindows (traditional) session on VAX

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article <VfanFzVojIKW at spock.koehler.athome.net>,
koehler at spock.koehler.athome.net writes: 

> In article <gp6mm5$qm3$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) writes:
> > After entering my password and resuming a session in DECwindows on VAX, 
> > I used to get a message saying a) how many new mail messages I have and 
> > b) how often incorrect passwords were entered.  Now I get neither.  What 
> > could cause this?
> > 
>    Depends.  Are you using the classic DECWindows session manager, or CDE?

Classic, on VAX.

>    In any case you can probably get them by including the message window
>    in your startup applications (sys$system:decw$messagepanel.exe).

It started working again a few days ago.  I didn't reboot; I didn't even 
log out.  Strange.  The plot thickens.