Subject: deleting multiple messages

From: Colette Monaghan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 09:05:28 +0100 (BST)

I'm new to this list so apologise if these questions have been asked and 
answered before!

1	Is it possible to delete multiple messages other than by expressly
	typing D at each one in the index or when actually reading a message?
2 	Is it possible to send a file to someone without actually
	needing to go into the pine interface?

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 08:44:49 -0700 (PDT)

Colette,

Unfortunately the answer is no to both of these questions.  (1) will be 
available in the next release though.

Thanks for the request!

--DLM

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From: "Norman R. McBride" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 09:22:59 +0100 (BST)

Two small comments...
	
	It would be nice to be able to execute pine in shell scripts (so 
I can automatically mail people files using my pine addressbook aliases, 
and including my .sig) with the command 'pine spod < file'. Can you add 
this to the infamous to-do list ? Puh-lease ?
	The second thing, could the aforementioned to-do list be posted to
the maillist at intervals ? This may stop the barrage of requests for the
same feature... 

	N.

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 08:57:34 -0700 (PDT)

Norman,

"execute pine in shell scripts" is definitely on the long-list.  One of the
ways we determine the priority of items on the list is how often they are
mentioned.  If we posted the list, that feedback might not come in... 

Thanks for the suggestions!

--DLM

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From: Klaus Zeuge <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 94 18:31:26 +0200

>Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 08:57:34 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>

>mentioned.  If we posted the list, that feedback might not come in... 

Is this a good algorithm? People on the list who have seen one thing
requested in the last X months, will they request it again?

I suspect the algorithm will make newcomer's wishes carry more weight
than they should.

I might be wrong.

(Just for the sake of it, I'll mention RFC 1522 again :-)

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From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:27:41 BST

> >mentioned.  If we posted the list, that feedback might not come in... 

Just to be on the safe side, can I second the wish?

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From: Bruce Mahfood <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 16:15:15 -0400 (EDT)

> >mentioned.  If we posted the list, that feedback might not come in... 

Then I'll mention this.  I use scripts a lot, and the ability to use pine
in a script would be great.  Hopefully it will not be too long in coming...

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