Hello Mrten,

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:20:36 +0100GMT (15/01/2002, 22:20 +0800GMT),
Mrten wrote:

M> aren't users supposed to read the FM? :)

Yes. ;-)

M> perhaps message bases should be compressed by default at program
M> shutdown (if it saves > 100 K bytes or such, like Mozilla does).

No. I have so many folders, some of them with large mails, that I
don't compress at shutdown any more, but every couple of days
manually. It takes a couple of minutes, and I don't want to wait when
I have to hurry out of the office. ;-)

M> I disagree very strongly with any automaticly generated dialog that just
M> pops up randomly (the user goes: "help! what did I do?"), or dialogs that
M> need answering before closing TheBat (which effectively disables automatic
M> shutdown of windows). If I say 'exit' I mean 'exit', don't bother me with
M> unnecessary questions.

ACK.

M> compromise: i think that there should be an option in the account
M> preferences regarding (automatic) compression. that way the user is
M> pointed to the fact that there exists something like message-base
M> compression.

And another dialog box one asking him whether he wants to make some
coffee or feed his dog?

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Cheers,
Thomas.

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