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>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:50:59 +0100, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.D=
E (Kai Gro=DFjohann) said:

Kai> Wes Hardaker <wes@hardakers.net> writes:
>> Expire: mark the item as "pending"

Kai> How about making dormant do this?  The semantics of dormant are very
Kai> close to pending.

That'd work.  Though pending actually gets them deleted in 14 days or
so, which dormant doesn't do.  Reusing marks, though, would be a win.

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