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From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
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Subject: Re: 7.2.0 - can't please everyone
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Date: 9 Nov 90 18:18:29 GMT
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In article <741@parcplace.com> khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) writes:
> I'm not sure whether I like or dislike the new feature in 7.2.0 that
> messages you've read but preserved aren't marked with 'U' when you
> update the folder.

This battle has been going around forever.  Those who were not
familiar with Mail's "preserve" idea liked what Mush did, but
those who wanted strict backwards compatibility raised a fuss.
I also liked what Mush did much better, but we'd been getting
so much mail about it, we were compelled to change it.  Having
backwards compatibility won out.

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dan
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