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From: Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: expiry: when does expiry-wait start?
Date: 03 Jul 2001 15:46:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <muxk81rle4p.fsf@uzeb.lrde.epita.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vaf3d8losja.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:36:09 +0200")

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:

> Okay.  I think all backends should do it the same way.  Somebody
> (Lars?  ShengHuo?) should decide on what time to use, then it should
> be written down somewhere, then all the backends need to be examined
> and possibly changed so that they use the same time.
>
> Or should it stay the way it is -- every backend does it its own way?
>
> Opinions?

        I have written a backend[1] which does a very peculiar kind of expiry,
so please let it be up to the backend. This doesn't prevent nnmail from
providing convenience functions that would do the usual stuff, though.


Footnotes:
[1]  I'll post the annoucement soon I think.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-07-03 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-06-26 21:21 Kai Großjohann
2001-06-27 21:29 ` Paul Jarc
2001-06-28  9:36   ` Kai Großjohann
2001-06-28 15:38     ` Paul Jarc
2001-07-03 13:46     ` Didier Verna [this message]
2001-07-03 15:39       ` Kai Großjohann
2001-07-03 16:52         ` Simon Josefsson

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