Pratik wrote: > On 03/01/02 03:47 PM, Parish wrote: >> Pratik wrote: >> >>>[Posting to n.p.m.mail-news and setting followups] >>> >>>So before I file a bug, does anyone know why newsgroup postings don't >>>get downloaded automatically if you have set the option to check for new >>>messages? Why do I have to press Ctrl-T to get the headers (if I am >>>already in the same newsgroup)? >>> >>> >> >> Well, at a guess, it's by design. If you look in Edit->Mail & Newsgroup >> Account Settings for a mail server there are 2 check boxes, "Check for >> new messages every[nn] minutes", and "Automatically download any new >> messages", but for News servers there is only 1, "Check for new messages >> every [nn] minutes". >> >> So it would appear that it is not intended to automatically d/l new headers. >> >> I would suggest that one possible reason is that there is also an option >> for News servers, "Ask me before downloading more than [nnnn] messages". >> If it were designed to automatically d/l new headers you could get a >> confirmation dialogue popping up out of the blue, which would sure as >> hell annoy me. > > Yes if you told it d/l automatically, you might get a conf box, but only > if the number of new messages in the time interval specified were > greater than your "ask me" threshold, which I think would be rare. >
Yes, I agree it would be rare, but the point I was making is that it is by design, not a bug, because there is no "Automatically d/l headers" checkbox..... > I think we should have the "Automatically download" option. I'll file an > RFE tomorrow if I don't see people coming up with reasons not to. > ... which _you_ obviously realize because you are filing an RFE, not a bug. FWIW, _personally_ I'm happy with the current behaviour. Regards, Parish > Pratik. > > -- Software is like sex, it's better when it's free - Linus Torvalds Anti-spam e-mail address, change _AT_, sorry for the inconvenience
