Re: Re: Using TAB to check for new messages

Matt Ackeret <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.pine.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>In previous versions of Pine a close was a strong close, now a close is a weak
>close or a strong close depending on the number of remote connections you want
>to keep open.

Interesting, based upon the help text, the last connection is the one that
is reused (LIFO).  I don't quite see the logic in that, except perhaps 
the idea that the mailboxes you go to first are the most important, so 
keep them open first.  I could see an argument the other way, the mailboxes
you went to most recently are the ones you care about, so keep them open.
(The best of that would actually tracking which mailboxes you had 
actually VISITED last.  I get the impression that pine doesn't know the
difference between an open-in-the-background connection and a connection
where I actually listed the mailbox contents or viewed a message.)

I previously have said that I wanted all mailboxes I went to to be stay open
folders.  So I guess I can effectively get this by cranking up this value a few
more.  (I read the performance pro/con discussion in the help too.)
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