Re: vm-confirm-quit should have value meaning ask if folder > some size

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From: Joe Wells
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 05:12

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	Joe> It would be really incredibly nice if it were possible to
	Joe> give vm-confirm-quit a value that would mean VM would ask
	Joe> before quitting a folder if the folder were larger than a
	Joe> certain size in bytes.  I propose that a numeric value for
	Joe> vm-confirm-quit should have this meaning.

      Kyle> Good idea.  I think size should be in number of messages
      Kyle> rather than bytes, though.

    Joe> What is the relative effect of number of messages vs. number of
    Joe> bytes on how long it takes VM to load a folder?

  Kyle> A large number of bytes primarily means trouble if you have a slow
  Kyle> disk or are loading over NFS.

Or are visiting your mailbox via ange-ftp.

-- 
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>
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