RE: Commit mailbox, good idea?

[Jim Bowen <jim zereau net>]

Imagine a mailbox that has, say, 5000 1k-10k messages in it.

Now, imagine if, each time you hit delete, it has to write that 5Mb-50Mb
mailbox back to disk without the little 10k slice from the middle somewhere.

On the other hand, with commit, you can delete as many as you like, and then
they all get wiped at once.

I'd say that auto-committing would be good on exit or on a configurable
periodic basis, though.

Jim


On 13-Apr-99 Steve Homer wrote:
> I agree totally, mistakes should dealt with through an undo command (for
> moves) and the trashcan temporary area for deletes. Having to commit things
> all the time is really irritating...
> 
> Is there a good reason for this design that I'm missing?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Hult [mailto:rhult@hem2.passagen.se]
> Sent: 13 April 1999 11:00
> To: balsa-list@gnome.org
> Cc: "recipient.list.not.shown"
> Subject: Commit mailbox, good idea?
> 
> 
> A mailer is an application you use quite much, and reading/sending mail
> should be very easy and quick.
> 
> One way of making balsa a bit more easy and quick to use, would be to get
> rid of the "commit" thing. When I press delete, I want the mail to go
> directly to the trash and disappear from the current mailbox. And of course
> the same if I move a mail to another mailbox.
> 
> Does anyone agree with me or am I alone on this? ;)
> 
> Richard
> 
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