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Re: lynx-dev does anyone else see this nit?
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev does anyone else see this nit? |
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Mon, 11 Jan 1999 05:28:47 -0500 (EST) |
>
> Amazingly enough Henry Nelson said:
> > On a similar theme, when procmail is being used to deliver mail to various
> > mailboxes, then the newmail feature doesn't apply unless something should
> > arrive in the system default mailbox. Is there nothing that can be done
> > about that?
>
> This seems to me to be a case of creaping featurism.
not really -- I'll have to check but it sounds as if the code simply isn't
checking if the mail file's modification time or size has changed. (Or
misconfiguration - I have mail all the time but Lynx doesn't nag me about it)
> There are other tools better suited to letter users on a terminal know
> about new mail.
>
> Personally I would think that this feature should be removed (does it even
> work on VMS?) and leave the work to tools specifically designed for such a
> job.
>
> mrc
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