Subj : Re: Bleach Time!
To   : MRO
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Aug 19 2021 07:13 am

  Re: Re: Bleach Time!
  By: MRO to Arelor on Wed Aug 18 2021 09:38 pm

 >   Re: Re: Bleach Time!
 >   By: Arelor to Nightfox on Wed Aug 18 2021 03:47 pm
 > 
 >  > I don't think necroing an old thread is bad as long as there is a reasona
 >  > probability that the people originally involved with it is around, though
 >  > Maybe it is just me but I don't feel assaulted by necros or anything :-)
 > 
 > 
 > i think it really shows a flaw in the synchronet interface.
 > when a new user gets past the application i think it should ask them if they
 > like to update their msg pointers.
 > 
 > almost ALL the time, when a new user replies to old msgs they are doing it b
 > accident. these msgs are new to them, but not new and they dont realize it
 > until later.
 > 
 > i've done it myself.

Actually, this is somethign I have actually thought myself. Synchronet would
benefit if there was an option for having the message pointers automatically
set upon the registration of a new user. Right now, a new user that registers
ends up having thousands of unread messages to check, onyl a small fraction of
which are current enough to be worth checking.


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