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Re: ReWork - "optimises" KA9Q .wrk files (maybe...)

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From: Mark Rogers
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
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In article <823828252snz@siberia.demon.co.uk>
   Philip McNab <philip@siberia.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> However, a suggested enhancement would be to make its use optional, to
> fit my current strategy, which is:
>
>  [...Various options to cope with differing online times snipped...]

The "prototype" (read "a program which does something similar which I 
think could be expanded") makes sure - for several reasons - that it only 
parses each .wrk file once. (It notes the sequence number in a .ini 
file.) 

As it stands, if you were to connect and have mail redirected based on a 
time factor, and then disconnected for some reason without having sent the 
mail only to resend later, then the .wrk file wouldn't be updated to cope 
with the new time of connect. 

I would prefer the config file option, btw (mainly because I don't want 
to be prompted to make decisions when I connect, and there's a .ini file 
going to be there anyway so it may as well be used).

> A further enhancement might be a configuration file, which
> would allow some pre-definitions: e.g.
> (...)
> 
> All a bit complex, but it would make it a very powerful tool.

Powerful, yes, but too complex for most people to use?

Mark.
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From: Mark Rogers <mcr@holly.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: ReWork - "optimises" KA9Q .wrk files (maybe...)
Date: 1996/02/13
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