-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/14/07 16:23, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 03:42:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> If the tool does not provide a means to undelete messages, then I also >>> find the decision to not make permanent deletion (either when the user > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> changes folders or exits the program; it doesn't need to be immediate > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> for reasons which have been repeatedly discussed in this thread already) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> a default action to be questionable at best. If you can't undelete it, >>> then why keep it around? >> Speed. Deleting an email from the beginning of a 500MB (or, 10 >> years ago, 50MB) mbox file can be slow. > > OK, one more time: Delete by default does not have to mean delete > *immediately* by default. Look at the underlined text above. I already > explicitly stated that I didn't mean immediate deletion and that delete-
You're right, I'm wrong. (Note to self: read email when you have time to carefully read it.) > on-folder-change or delete-on-exit are probably better, along with an > allusion to the performance reason which keeps being brought up. Later > in my message (in a part that you snipped), I even referred to the > deferred deletion as being done for *good* reasons. > > And besides... If messages marked for deletion are cleaned out by > default every time you exit your mail client, that mbox file won't get > to be 500MB nearly as quickly (if ever). Unless you keep a lot of email. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF0455S9HxQb37XmcRAidOAKDej1C7RBkiVwV2oX/49GJzOrS9ZgCgk5NF S1+L9rISnPITmDWDiYdWV5o= =wcfo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
