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

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From: Joe Wells
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 00:32

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In article <9210021722.AA05654@wendy-fate.UU.NET> kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes:

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

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

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

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