Subject: Re: ^R:Background sending

From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:56:41 -0700

On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, James Shattuck wrote:

> I just found a great new feature of Pine:
> enable-background-sending  in Configure
> 
> Then, when sending, you have the option to let the system deliver it at
> its leasure.
> 
> My only question is, however, does it attempt more than once if the server
> is so busy that the send command bounces back?  It doesn't seem to here,
> it sends a message saying to go back to compose and resend it.  I didn't
> do anything, and it never tried again for the next 5 minutes.  It would
> seem to me to be true a "background" operation to continue attempting on
> its own.

The background-sending feature was added at the last minute and is
still pretty primitive.  I would like to stress that this is an
_experimental_ feature! 

--DLM

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From: Bruno Boettcher <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:57:03 +0200 (MET DST)

> still pretty primitive.  I would like to stress that this is an
then we can hope to have some day a switch to avoid the confirmation of the
command? I state that if i was able to hit <ctrl>R i was sure of what i was
doing....

or did i miss the switch?
 
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From: Linda Emerson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 18:33:30 -0800 (PST)

Has anyone reported problems with this feature?  I set it up when I first
saw it but assume it's safer to disable it if it's still considered
"experimental."

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:06:16 -0700 (PDT)

I haven't really heard of any serious problems with background
sending, but I have no idea how many people are actually using it
either.  One thing to watch out for is that it is possible to lose a
message if Pine encounters a problem (e.g. /tmp gets full, you get
disconnected, ...) 

It is not used unless you specifically tell Pine to use it (after
pressing ^X, note the key menu), so it should be safe to enable it. 
We would also like to hear user feedback about how it works, so if you
do try it and have any problems, please let us know!

--DLM

On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Linda Emerson wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 18:33:30 -0800 (PST)
> From: Linda Emerson <[email-masked]>
> X-Sender: lindae@mlode
> To: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: ^R:Background sending
> In-Reply-To: <[email-masked]>
> Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.94.960913183138.6949D-100000@mlode>
>

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From: James Shattuck <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:59:22 -0700

IMHO,
	James 
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