Re: Canceling multiple newsgroup postings

[Graham]

On Tuesday 10 Sep 2002 4:38 am, Ben Bucksch wrote:

> Graham wrote:
> > I would like to have the ability to empty mail folders without
> > reading all the messages.
>
> What do you mean with "to empty"? Delete all messages?
>
> Edit|Select|All
> Edit|Delete Selected Messages
> or
> Click on first message
> SHIFT-click on last message
> Press Delete button

Perhaps I should have been more explicit.  I would like a menu entry 
from right clicking on the folder that allows me, with one click, to 
empty the folder and retain all the message filters for that folder.  
KMail and Sylpheed have this in Linux and so do most Windows MUAs; I 
would like to see it in the Mail client.

>
> >This is not a problem with Beonex, but with Mozilla.  However,
> > whenever I try to bring this to the attention of the relevant
> > newsgroup, I keep getting told that the newsgroup is for developers
> > only, not end users.
>
> This is correct.

I still cannot get used to the fact that these restricted newsgroups are 
on a public server which my ISP has in its list of usenet groups, but 
the groups for end users are on a ssl server which you can't find by 
looking through the myriad of usenet groups publicly available.  In 
fact, you can only find them by visiting the newsgroup concerned and 
being told your question has no place there..... If the developers 
wanted their groups to be closed, they should have moved them to a 
closed server and opened up the public servers to end users.

This is a pity, because I for one would like some input to be publicly 
available from end users of Mozilla that is easily accessible.  It 
simply means that mailing lists like this one get asked Mozilla 
questions that should properly be asked of a publicly available Mozilla 
forum.

And you, Ben, get to answer questions instead of continuing to develop 
the best, most secure browser around (IMHO).
-- 

Graham