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Max> Max Froumentin <URL:mailto:masmef@maths.bath.ac.uk>

0> In <URL:news:ptvk8rlq65b.fsf@scratchy.maths.bath.ac.uk>, Max wrote:

Max> May I suggest that expiry be based on another date than the
Max> message's 'Date:' field? Rather, another field storing the
Max> date of the last time the message was read seems to me more
Max> appropriate.  What do people think?

I'm not sure another field would be necessary for nnml or nnmh: they
could use the access-time from the filesystem (on Unix-like filesystems;
I don't know whether other OSes have a comparable concept).

<me-too>If it were implemented, I'd be happier.</me-too>