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From: rusty@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (medford.w.haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: elm 2.2 PL8 Does not update interactive aliases
Keywords: elm 2.2 PL8 alias interactive
Message-ID: <194@cbnewsi.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 89 02:05:26 GMT
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Reply-To: rusty@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (medford.w.haddock,ho,)
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How 'bout trying to interactively DELETE an address that has two or more
aliases pointing to it?   If I have the following alias in my alias database:

	kinky, funtime = Nice blonde = goodtime@times-square.nyc.ny.usa

Running Elm (2.2PL8) and interactively deleting the alias 'funtime' or
'kinky' will have Elm go through all the motions of "updating" the alias
file and re-read it but truely NOT deleting either alias.

What should really happen here?
   Not allow double aliases?
   Remove the alias from the line but leave the other and the address?
   Remove both aliases and thus the entire line?
   Warn the user of the double alias and, if OK'ed, delete both?
   Warn the user of the double alias and, if OK'ed, delete the one?

I opt for the last one.

			-Rusty-

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