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From: jerryp@PacRat.NPAC.syr.EDU (Jerry Peek)
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Subject: Re: # signs in inbox
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Date: 30 Dec 88 15:42:28 GMT
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> > > I notice that when I refile items from my inbox the orignal messages
> > > are stored in files with the same number but with a '#' sign in
> > > the first position.  Are these removed by mh?
> > On systems I know of, they're removed by cron(8)...
> > Once a day (at 3:45 AM) it searches the filesystem for files whose name
> > starts with "#" or "," and which haven't been read or written in 7 days.
> > It removes those files.
> These files can be removed by MH if you specify it in your .mh_profile:
>  rmmproc:    /bin/rm

The advantage of the pound-sign setup is that people who accidentally remove
messages can change their minds for a week or so and "un-rmm" them by taking
off the #.  There are shell scripts that do this--or you can just use "mv".

Of course, there's a tradeoff:  using /bin/rm right away saves disk space.

--Jerry Peek, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse, NY
  jerryp@cmx.npac.syr.edu
  +1 315 443-1722