On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Richard Welty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RW> >  The deleted flag is used for this. It's lame right now but could be made
RW> > to work nicely from the users point of view probably.
RW> 
RW> in the current version, it just tells me that it can't delete the message.

 Ok, so it got broken... I think I even know why: the NNTP folder must be
considered "read only".

RW> i think that marking messages read/unread is basic functionality that will
RW> need to be addressed first.

 Surprizingly, this is even something which used to work. I think it can be
fixed back easily.

RW> for consistency, i'd prefer it if we were using similar labeling and
RW> commands to the mail reader. probably there needs to be a newsrc like
RW> database for article status, or possibly fancier than newsrc.

 We can either use newsrc for compatibility with other newsreaders or use
our own cache file for compatibility with the existing mail code.

RW> i hadn't ever looked -- does mahogany need/expect any of the db/dbm style
RW> databases?

 No.

RW> if not, is it reasonable to add such a dependency?

 If it's necessary, why not. But I like to use text files as much as
possible, this makes debugging so much easier.

 Regards,
VZ



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