[pmmail-list] ~Re: PMMail 2000 Beta Difficulties

[Kevin Murphy]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 02:43:00 -0800 (PST), Kris Sorem Sr wrote:

>On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:43:09 -0500, Kevin Murphy wrote:
>
>>I like the feature to be able to delete messages from the trash after a certain period of time, but I dislike the fact that in order to activate this feature, I must close and re-open PMMail. 
>
>In fairness to the authors, this timed deletion feature selection is
>prefaced by "On shutdown". By selecting, you are agreeing to the
>conditions. I don't use this feature since it serves no useful purpose to
>shutdown an application to perform a housekeeping function when I can do
>it manually.
>
>> Would it be 
>>possible to have a button in the titlebar, perhaps a "Delete messages from trash while following the option I set in the configuration" button?
>
>Timed functions should be automatic. A solution might be to create a
>housekeeping flag possibly in the /trash folder/ ini file. Perform timed
>deletions on startup rather than shutdown and set flag. Clear this flag
>when local machine date change at midnight. Check status of flag on fetch
>cycle. Perform timed deletions if flag clear and then reset. Actually
>since PMMail caches some information at startup, it should reinitialize
>whenever program settings are changed.


As I have stated several times, I am not debating the current functionality of the setting.
I understad how it works, and was simply asking if that could be changed.  Your suggestion
does not appear to be a bad one, however.

Thanks for the response!

-Kevin Murphy
computec@bigfoot.com

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