Subject: Expunge???

From: "Susan Scanlon (EWH)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 17:49:01 -0700 (PDT)

When the confirmation for delete of messages comes back to me, it
uses the word "EXPUNGE" !   It is not immediately apparent just what will
happen if I answer "yes" or "no" to this request.  Do you know what
"expunge" means.  And can you tell me what the "yes" and "no" answers will
do?
And can you change that message so that I don't have to curse you every
time I can't remember whether "expunge" means "to take out" or "get rid
of"  or "destroy" ...... !?!

Whoever wrote that message should have to answer this note --- and all
other hate mail over any other confusions your system has intentionally
built in.

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From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 96 21:00:00 -0400

"Susan Scanlon (EWH)" on Mon, 1 Jul 1996 wrote:
> uses the word "EXPUNGE" ! It is not immediately apparent just what
> will happen if I answer "yes" or "no" to this request. Do you know
> what "expunge" means. And can you tell me what the "yes" and "no"
> answers will do?
> And can you change that message so that I don't have to curse you
> every time I can't remember whether "expunge" means "to take out"
> or "get rid of"  or "destroy" ...... !?!
> 
> Whoever wrote that message should have to answer this note --- and
> all other hate mail over any other confusions your system has
> intentionally built in.

Sounds like a place to use one of the many handy features of PINE:

            [ ]  expunge-without-confirm               

mark that with an X to set (yes, I know it would make more sense to have "S" mean "set")

If it helps any, think of these words:
	exit	      	- to go out
	excommunicate	- to cast out
	extract		- to pull out
	exodus		- to go out

That's how I remember it (no joke).

TjL

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 09:05:07 +0100 (BST)

"Expunge" is a perfectly valid English word meaning (pauses to reach for
the dictionary on his shelf) "erase, destroy".

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: [email-masked] (Brendan White)
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 96 02:10:11 GMT

>other hate mail over any other confusions your system has intentionally

Ummm... sorry if using words in the english language frightens you. chill.
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Brendan White
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tears without the pain" -- Queensryche