From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/45779 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Josh Huber Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: B DEL is being treated as expiry? Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:40:33 -0400 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87adoilfzi.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1027431667 15404 127.0.0.1 (23 Jul 2002 13:41:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17WzuS-00040C-00 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:41:05 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17WzuI-0002GJ-00; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:40:54 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:41:19 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA21038 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:41:08 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 29574 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2002 13:40:38 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 29569 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2002 13:40:37 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (80.91.224.244) by gnus.org with SMTP; 23 Jul 2002 13:40:37 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17X082-0004yU-00 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:55:06 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: paradoxical.net Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1027432506 18273 66.92.73.76 (23 Jul 2002 13:55:06 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jul 2002 13:55:06 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.4 (Honest Recruiter, i686-pc-linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6UgCiYICcFEyWDXbBbbW0UiOEcQ= Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:45779 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:45779 Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Karl Kleinpaste writes: > >> I see what -delete-article is doing now, and it's just plain wrong. >> If an -expire-right-now function is wanted, then that should be >> something separate. "Delete" is not the same thing. > > The current situation is better than before Nevin's change, because > before Nevin's change, _some_ parameters got respected and others > didn't. So depending on how you set expiry-target, B DEL would > respect it. Now at least it's consistent. > > But a variant that ignores expiry-target would be useful, I agree. I think the current command should delete, and if another command is needed (expire-immediate?), then that should be made. The help text, and everyone's expectations seem to think it should immediately delete the message: "This command actually deletes articles. This is not a marking command. The article will disappear forever from your life, never to return." ttyl, -- Josh Huber