On 21-04-2001 at 22:30, Santiago Cimadevilla kindly wrote:
> I have, then, set The Bat! to 'leave messages on server' and 'keep
> messages for 1 day'.
> However, I think I'm doing something wrong here, because the
> messages are apparently not getting deleted. I made a manual check
> of the contents of the server, and I see several messages that are 2
> days old or more.
TB has an oddity about counting days on server. Not only
doesn't it count today's messeages (as indeed it shouldn't),
it also will only delete a whole day's mail in one go when
it is that date's turn. You should rather think of the X
days as the amount of days in between today and the oldest
not-yet deleted mails.
I have set my TB to leave messages on server for two days;
thus, I'll not only find all of today's messages on the
server (April 22th), but also April 21, April 20 (as is to
be expected), but *also* April 19 because that day's cycle
has not yet fully passed - but it will, at 00:00 tonight.
- K -
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the summer, back in the days that you knew it all and while
your friends were hanging around at the pool you'd be saving
the galaxy!" - Menso on HfH, 1999-10-16
"Oh, eh, thanks for saving the galaxy, by the way. You did a
great job, Menso." - Marcel on HfH, 1999-10-16
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