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From: schaefer@ogccse.ogc.edu (Barton E. Schaefer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: minor mush enhancements
Message-ID: <5334@ogccse.ogc.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 89 02:21:10 GMT
References: <370@kauai.ACA.MCC.COM>
Reply-To: schaefer@ogccse.UUCP (Barton E. Schaefer)
Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR
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In article <370@kauai.ACA.MCC.COM> duanev@kauai.ACA.MCC.COM (Duane Voth) writes:
} 
} When I have 20 pieces of new mail its a bit of a hassle to
} count down the new mail list figuring out the number of the
} letter I want to read first.  Could the new-mail list be formatted
} with hdr_format just like the 'h' command does?

On line 330 of signals.c, in function check_new_mail():
   330                  char *p2 = compose_hdr(last_msg_cnt++) + 9;
                                                  Remove this ^^^^

You may also want to fiddle with the sprintf() format on line 336.

If you don't want to mess with the source, you can try

	set newline="await | from"

but that "hangs" mush in "await" if you hit newline when there isn't
any new mail.  (Not necessarily undesirable, I suppose.)

} Second, sometimes I like to save a letter in some folder and then
} leave it in my system mailbox along with other unread mail.  I have
} "hold" set but unless I specifically 'preserve' the letter I just
} 'save'd to the folder, when I quit, the letter gets put in mbox
} and deleted from my system folder.

The letter gets saved in mbox?  Really?  I can't figure out any way that
could possibly happen.  What should happen is that it gets deleted, and
that's it; saved messages are marked for deletion by default.  You can
set the variable $keepsave to prevent deletion, but they should never
get saved to mbox.

If you have $autodelete set as well as $hold, odd things happen, but
saving in mbox isn't one of them.  It isn't documented anywhere that I
know of, but setting both $autodelete and $hold doesn't make sense --
neither $keepsave nor $hold nor sleet nor hail will stay $autodelete
from its appointed rounds :-) so all read mail will be deleted unless
you "preserve" it.

By the way, if there is anyone out there who just couldn't go on living
without $autodelete, speak now -- we are strongly considering removing
it from the next release of mush.

} I guess I'm asking that "hold"
} be expanded to automatically preserve saved letters.

That's what $keepsave is for.  If you don't have $autodelete set, try
setting $keepsave and see if that's what you want.  Otherwise, you
can do
	cmd save 'save \!* | preserve'

If you DO have $autodelete set, get rid of it.  You'll still need
$keepsave, but at least your .mushrc will make more sense. ;-)
-- 
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