Subject: Yet another request

From: Matt Simmons <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 00:17:01 -0500 (CDT)

Please oh please kill the delays between the messages!  It is 
particularly annoying when you switch folders, and have to wait 20 
seconds for the status messages to catch up so you can read the stuff in 
the box.

Also, switching folders via TAB is inconsistent... When switching from any 
folder other than INBOX to another folder (this time it could be INBOX), 
you are asked if you want to delete messages tagged for deletion.  
However, when you switch from INBOX to another folder, you are not asked, 
and deleted messages are not deleted.. could this be fixed?

Idea for the resource hogging inbox checking:  Put a flag in the system 
wide pine configuration so the sysadmins can determine whether they want 
the users to suck up time polling multiple inboxes...  Though isn't 
checking for new mail trivial, as all you have to do is keep track of the 
times (or sizes) on each one, and then checking the full box only when 
the size changes?

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 08:18:32 -0700 (PDT)

See below...

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> seconds for the status messages to catch up so you can read the stuff in 

We *do* need to work on the message generation code.  Thanks for prodding us
to work on it ;)

> and deleted messages are not deleted.. could this be fixed?

This is because the INBOX is not closed when you leave it.  All other folders
are closed when you leave them for another folder.  Admittedly that technique
does lead to some consistency problems... 

> times (or sizes) on each one, and then checking the full box only when 

Currently, Pine does not have a mechanism to make that simple of a check. 
The current new-mail-check code actually parses the new messages which is
much more time consuming.  We have made a request for a fast-check c-client
routine, but I don't think it is ready yet....

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From: Dan Schlitt <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 11:54:04 -0400 (EDT)

I would not want you to close the inbox (and thus delete messages marked
for deletion) when you move to another folder from the inbox. I'm not sure
what you do with the inconsistent appearance to the user, but the current
behaviour is correct.  I often want to refer to a saved message in a
folder while I am going through my inbox and I may also want to go back
and refer to a messsage that I have marked for deletion. I want to mark
them for deletion when I read them but that doesn't mean that I am
completely through with them. A later message in a thread may prompt me to
go back and look again.

/dan

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Dan Schlitt                           School of Engineering Computer Systems
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From: Michael Wolf <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 19:12:43 +0200 (MET DST)

That's my opinion as well.

Michael

On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, Dan Schlitt wrote:

> behaviour is correct.I often want to refer to a saved message in a