jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) (03/27/91)
Wish list item: I have ELM configured to save outgoing messages in ~/Mail/recipient_name. But sometimes, what I'm sending out is either too trivial to be so saved, or maybe too large to be saved (like sending 5 X 50K shar files of something). Could we have a switch to turn off saving if it's enabled, or turn it on if it's disabled? Jean-Pierre Radley NYC Public Unix jpr@jpradley.jpr.com CIS: 72160,1341
rice@willow23.cray.com (Jonathan Rice) (03/28/91)
In article <1991Mar27.055657.1888@jpradley.jpr.com> jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes: > >Wish list item: > >I have ELM configured to save outgoing messages in ~/Mail/recipient_name. >But sometimes, what I'm sending out is either too trivial to be so saved, >or maybe too large to be saved (like sending 5 X 50K shar files of something). > >Could we have a switch to turn off saving if it's enabled, or turn it on if >it's disabled? I was just about to post the identical request. Usually, for big stuff, I remember to put [nosave] in the body, and thus keep a record of sending the 50KB file. But about 10% of my mail consists of "OK" or "10:30" or "It's in /some/path/somewhere" and it would be great not to have to go delete those. How about "s" for send and "S" for send/don't keep? (Also, I'll add a big "me too" for compressed folders.) -- Jonathan C. Rice | Internet: rice@cray.com Cray Research, Inc. | UUCP: uunet!cray!rice 655F Lone Oak Drive | (612) 683 - 5370 Eagan, MN 55121 |
chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) (03/28/91)
In article <103159.13093@timbuk.cray.com> rice@willow23.cray.com (Jonathan Rice) writes: >(Also, I'll add a big "me too" for compressed folders.) $ ksh -c "time ( compress ~/Mail/Sent ; uncompress ~/Mail/Sent )" real 1m56.72s user 0m46.28s sys 0m4.24s Be careful what you ask for - you might get it. -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | Unicom Systems Development | I saw Elvis in my wtmp file. <chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM> |
rice@willow23.cray.com (Jonathan Rice) (03/29/91)
In article <1934@chinacat.Unicom.COM> chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) writes: >In article <103159.13093@timbuk.cray.com> > rice@willow23.cray.com (Jonathan Rice) writes: >>(Also, I'll add a big "me too" for compressed folders.) > > $ ksh -c "time ( compress ~/Mail/Sent ; uncompress ~/Mail/Sent )" > real 1m56.72s > user 0m46.28s > sys 0m4.24s Since I maintain one folder per correspondent or project: 616 >> ksh -c "time ( uncompress rao;compress rao )" <<--my largest folder real 0m9.48s user 0m5.26s sys 0m1.30s 9.48 seconds is less time than it takes to respond to an admin message "Disk xxx is 97% full"... So this can of course be made optional -- and as long as I'm wishing instead of implementing, it can be made optional by folder instead of for all of ~/Mail. It wouldn't even have to be describable in elmrc; just let elm recognize foldername.Z as a case that needs to be uncompressed, and remember to recompress when changing out of that folder. >Be careful what you ask for - you might get it. That's the best news yet! -- Jonathan C. Rice | Internet: rice@cray.com Cray Research, Inc. | UUCP: uunet!cray!rice 655F Lone Oak Drive | (612) 683 - 5370 Eagan, MN 55121 |
itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) (03/30/91)
jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes: > >I have ELM configured to save outgoing messages in ~/Mail/recipient_name. >But sometimes, what I'm sending out is either too trivial to be so saved, >or maybe too large to be saved (like sending 5 X 50K shar files of something). > >Could we have a switch to turn off saving if it's enabled, or turn it on if >it's disabled? After composing your message, and before "s"ending it, you can select "c"opy from the send menu and clear (line kill or backspace) the folder into which to save the message. This will prevent a copy from being saved. It does require a manual step, but it's gotten REAL automatic for me when I know it's a trivial or huge message: compose in VI ZZc<bs><cr>s and I'm done. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ : Steven List @ Transact Software, Inc. :^>~ : : Chairman, Unify User Group of Northern California : : itkin@Transact.COM :