Re: [gentoo-user] Losing emails

2024-10-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 10 October 2024 00:34:12 BST William Kenworthy wrote:
> Check the permissions on the email in .maildir.  I am using imap and
> very occasionally Thunderbird wont display an email  as the permissions
> were not set correctly for some reason. (glitch? on download)

Thanks Bill, but the fault was mine all along.

[OT]
A word of advice, if I may: if any member of one's family has glaucoma, be 
sure to get yourself checked for it regularly. It is not to be sneezed at.

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Regards,
Peter.






Re: [gentoo-user] Portage improved

2024-10-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 14 September 2024 13:05:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:

> Just one little fly in the ointment: the status string became too long to
> show properly. Perhaps shorter phrases could be used, or numbers limited to
> two digits, or the 80-character line limit exceeded while running in an
> x-term.

And indeed the line limit has been relaxed: it uses the full 90 characters of 
my Konsoles.

> Anyway, well done the team!

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Regards,
Peter.