[Info-vax] need help with corrupt MAIL.MAI file

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <00b9b58b$0$27940$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> >    %MAIL-E-READERR, error reading DISK$USER:[HELBIG.MAIL.MAIL]MAIL.MAI
> >    -RMS-F-CHK, bucket format check failed for VBN = 27201
> 
> This is an indexed file problem (RMS). It has nothing to do with your
> disks (shadowed or not).
> 
> It is far more likely to have been caused by poor software such as the
> POP and IMAP servers that come with TCPIP Services.

Never in my entire life have I used POP or IMAP.  I am justifyably proud 
of this achievement.  The mail files are accessed exclusively via VMS 
MAIL.