Hi Nick,

On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 17:53:27 -0800GMT (07/01/2000, 09:53 +0800GMT),
Nick Andriash wrote:

>> Your folder specific option to 'remove old messages on exit' doesn't work?
>> Hmmm. Remember the word 'exit' isn't referring to exiting the folder but
>> exiting The Bat!. It works fine for me.

NA> Allie, I got it work after checking the two boxes relating to 'old'
NA> messages, even though I didn't put any values relating to how many
NA> messages, and how old the messages had to be.

You told the machine that any message than 0 days is "old", and that no
more than 0 messages should remian in the folder.

NA> As a result, I lost ALL the messages on exit of TB... including
NA> the unread messages.

As expected.

NA> I've quickly de-selected the option, and am now back to deleting
NA> the messages individually.

One idea would be to choose more than 0 days before declaring a message
as "old", another to choose a  number higher than 0 for maximum number
of messages to be kept in folder. ;-)

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Cheers,
Thomas.  

Message reply created with The Bat! 1.38e
under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998  
on a Pentium II/350 MHz.



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