Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!WAYNEST1!DMOYNIHA From: DMOYNIHA@WAYNEST1.BITNET (Dennis P. Moynihan) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.mailbook Subject: Re: PROFS acknowledgements and reordering the reader Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 90 18:22:28 GMT Sender: MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription list Reply-To: MAIL/MAILBOOK subscription list Lines: 36 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 11 Jan 90 13:13:57 CST from On Thu, 11 Jan 90 13:13:57 CST Richard A. Schafer said: >The only way I'm going to be able to pick up PROFS acknowledgements >is for me to examine *every* reader file to see if it's a PROFS message >(or whatever). > >Advantages: > > 1. Would recognize PROFS acks > 2. Would always catch PROFS messages and NOTEs, even if their > filename/filetype fields were non-standard. > >Disadvantages: > > 1. Would require searching every reader file to determine its type, > thus slowing down scanning for mail. > 2. Would result in the reader queue being reversed every time mail > was entered. Right now, the only files ordered are the ones I > think are mail files, thus non-mail files remain in the same order. > >Is it worth it? > >Richard We're a big PROFS shop too, but we're catching an increasing amount of flak from our senior administrators about the delay when people open their mail. It's gotten to the point where our management is considering replacing PROFS with non-VM mail systems. Anyway, I would vote AGAINST anything that will increase wait time for users. As non-technical users get more accustom to systems and more dependant on email, they get more sensitive to response time. -------------------------------------- Dennis Moynihan (DMOYNIHA@WAYNEST1) Computing and Information Technology Wayne State University Detroit, MI