Re: "Mail" Has Fewer Yarn Commands

Zcg (zcg@cybernet.dk)
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:35:57 +0200

..mikus@bga.com (Mikus Grinbergs) had the nerve to say:

>While reading one of a number of messages having the same Subject,
>I decided to skip the whole topic -- so I hit 'K'. Nothing happened.
>
>Turns out I was in "INBOX", which is a Folder. And 'K' only works
>for Newsgroups, not for Folders.
>
>Does the distinction in Yarn between "News" and "Mail" make sense --
>especially having certain facilities (e.g., 'threads') only available
>for "News", with other facilities (e.g., 'individual message delete')
>being only available for "Mail"?
>
>Given that the code to handle "threads" exists in Yarn, why should
>collections of "Mail" (i.e., Folders) *not* have the benefit of that
>way of organizing the information?
>
>mikus

I think Mikus has a point.. I, for one, would highly appreciate threaded
folder viewing (especially with the new threaded look.. it's brilliant!)
and/or instant article-expire.. Could it be so?

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