BTW, can you send me Januk's message? I deleted one too many last night.
:(
Friday, July 14, 2000, 6:00:13 AM, Ming-Li wrote:
> I also don't like TB marks all messages higher than the unread one
> bold. I don't use *nix, hence no experience with Mutt.
That is another problem I have. With mutt new messages are denoted with
an N in a certain column, just like TB! does with the envelope icon.
Difference is it denotes with bold as well and that is more visually
noticeable.
>>> If need be, make all messages which do not tie into the other
>>> threads as replies off the first message in chronological order
>>> with them in chronological order.
> I'm not sure I understand you. It appears to me what you want is
> what TB is doing today. Let's make a thread here:
> If B2 is deleted (or missing for other reasons), TB presents it as
> Now, please tell me what you would like it to be.
Incorrect. what TB! is this:
A-
B1-
C1
C2
B2-
C3
C4-
D1
D2
B3
AA1-
AB1-
AC1
AC2
AC3
AB2
BA1-
BB1-
BC3-
BB2
Now, delete, say, B2 and you get:
A-
B1-
C1
C2
B3-
AA1-
AB1-
AC1
AC2
AC3
AB2
BA1-
BB1-
BC3-
BB2
C3-
C4-
D1
D2
This is because C3 was posted after AA1 and BA1, therefore on a
chronological order, default sort for me, when there is no references to tie
it into the other messages, it defaults to the sort order, time, and sorts it
in the overall list accordingly. To get it to do the selected behavior would
mean changing the sort to subject which then throws new and old messages
together.
>> That sounds good, but when should TB delete the message? When
>> you switch out of the thread? When you close the folder? Or
>> when you close the program? For something like Pine, I can see
>> how this works very easily. But with a GUI program, this becomes
>> tricky.
> I don't understand why GUI has anything to do with it, but I'm not
> sure I like Steve's suggestion, either. When you delete a message,
> TB has to execute the command at some point. Except doing it
> immediately, I think it's hard to find an moment where we could all
> agree upon. The logical way would be, execute it only when you say
> so. And in a sense, it could be done today.
Bingo. In fact, recall that we don't delete messages. We copy messages
from the current database to the trash database and then, when the program
shuts down we remove any messages marked delete in the current database.
Assuming of course we have that option checked. We can also force the
behavior from the folder menu. Gee, that's exactly what most 'nix clients do
now, the difference is, TB! removes references to messages marked as deleted
in the list. So I don't see why Januk's questions really even apply since it
has already been answered in a manner that most people seem happy with since
it is rarely a topic of discussion.
> Put the "pointless" flagging functionality to use, Steve. Flag the
> messages you want to delete and delete them manually when you see
> fit.
Sorry, bzzzt, wrong. Correct answer is to remove that god-awful bloat.
For people that want flags, here's my answer:
Options:Message List Colors:New:Flag, define as you see fit.
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