VSLAWR@WEIZMANN.BITNET (Lawrence S. Kalman) (01/12/90)
On Thu, 11 Jan 90 13:13:57 CST Richard A. Schafer said: >The only way I'm going to be able to pick up PROFS acknowledgements >is for me to examine *every* reader file to see if it's a PROFS message >(or whatever). > >Disadvantages: > > 2. Would result in the reader queue being reversed every time mail > was entered. Right now, the only files ordered are the ones I > think are mail files, thus non-mail files remain in the same order. You could always process the reader queue in reverse order, in which case you would end up with the queue in the same order as it was originally. The only disadvantage to this would be that UNREAD NOTEBOOK would be built in reverse chronologigal order from that in which the files arrived. However, as the menu is subsequently sorted in proper sequence, the order of items in UNREAD NOTEBOOK should be of minor significance. - Lawrence
DMOYNIHA@WAYNEST1.BITNET (Dennis P. Moynihan) (01/16/90)
On Thu, 11 Jan 90 13:13:57 CST Richard A. Schafer said: >The only way I'm going to be able to pick up PROFS acknowledgements >is for me to examine *every* reader file to see if it's a PROFS message >(or whatever). > >Advantages: > > 1. Would recognize PROFS acks > 2. Would always catch PROFS messages and NOTEs, even if their > filename/filetype fields were non-standard. > >Disadvantages: > > 1. Would require searching every reader file to determine its type, > thus slowing down scanning for mail. > 2. Would result in the reader queue being reversed every time mail > was entered. Right now, the only files ordered are the ones I > think are mail files, thus non-mail files remain in the same order. > >Is it worth it? > >Richard We're a big PROFS shop too, but we're catching an increasing amount of flak from our senior administrators about the delay when people open their mail. It's gotten to the point where our management is considering replacing PROFS with non-VM mail systems. Anyway, I would vote AGAINST anything that will increase wait time for users. As non-technical users get more accustom to systems and more dependant on email, they get more sensitive to response time. -------------------------------------- Dennis Moynihan (DMOYNIHA@WAYNEST1) Computing and Information Technology Wayne State University Detroit, MI