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From: wjh+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Fred Hansen)
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Subject: Re: Yet Another Suggested Message System Feature
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Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 27-Feb-91 Re: Yet Another Suggested
M.. Joe Keane@decwrl.dec.com (1814)

> What i'd really like to see is a hook in AMS to support compressed message
> directories.  I used to compress my message directories, but if i'd forget to
> uncompress one before appending to the folder, then it'd be in a weird state.
> So if AMS sees a file, say `.AMS_directory_is_compressed', then it should
> shell out to some script which puts the directory back the way it should be.

If this is really wanted, I can get it done with a simple Ness script.

Fred Hansen