Re: Questions on Dialog usage

At 15:18 13.12.2003., Wild Card wrote:
>Hi there, follow Dialog users!  While this group has been mostly
>quiet, it is still around and is probably a good place for me ask
>usage questions about Dialog.

     OMG, the group is still alive :)


>I have been using the program lightly for about a year now.  Some
>things I like about it, some I don't.

     we have to live with that ;)


>For example: I wish there were
>better progress messages so I know far along the retrieval of new
>emails and news articles is at the moment. =20

     report it to mantis.


>One of the things I have not been able to figure out is how to do a
>purge of old articles and compacting of the databases.

     erm... file/compact database? :)

     dialog does purge, but its database format is like windows 9x
     registry - it can only grow in size until you compact it
     manually (in win9x that was accomplished by exporting the
     registry into a text file and then booting to straight DOS,
     and running regedit /some_switch).

     that reminds me, i haven't compacted my database in a week...


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