Hi there!
On 30 Jan 00, at 9:44, Marck D. Pearlstone wrote
about "Re: Displaying Digest results in li":
> AVK> Note, that MIME digest might contain MIME digests, which can
> AVK> contain MIME digests, etc., etc. This is a *major* problem if
> AVK> your idea gets accepted by the developers, Marck.
>
> I have cut your other responses to correct you right here, Alex. this
> is *not* my idea for a new way of handling MIME digests. It was my
> suggestion to a user (who I subsequently discovered had left the list
> - using Poco mailer to resign - before it was posted) concerning what
> is *currently* implemented - how TB may work *right now*. I have no
> axe to grind nor any new ideas concerning MIME digests - I wouldn't
> presume to usurp your throne there, old friend ;-).
Thanx, it's my own horse, and i'm going to ride it until it finally dies (or
whoever;-()...
As for that Poco rider, he won't be happy with that nice parrot: it doesn't
handle digests at all, AFAIK;-)
> AVK> Note that what I describe here is not a "theoretical" issue, it
> AVK> _happens_ (for example, those messages forwarded many times by
> AVK> AOL users <g>).
>
> Aaarrrggg! Noooooo! Not another joke from my cousin's friend's
> friend's colleagues wife's friend's husband's uncle's pet labrador!
ROTFLMAO!
> AVK> Digests are quite useful, although I myself usually prefer to
> AVK> receive the mailing lists traffic not in digest form.
>
> In that case, do you have any objection to Tom's idea of enhancing
> TB's to pre-burst the digest? I think that's quite a neat solution.
See my other message in the same thread. Anyhow, *when* writing plugins
becomes possible (BTW, anybody knows, WHEN?;-)), it will become a
breeze to correct all this;-)
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