[arachne] Re: Arachne 1.87 crashes when reaching the end of the 'sent mail' list

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:02:41 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> I thought that since Arachne manages to display the whole list correctly
> but crashes when the empty lines following the last mail are reached, it
> might make more sense to check whatever resources Arachne is running low
> on *before* they are actually required and just prevent the list from
> scrolling down any further. IMO, this would be a better solution since
> it would not keep the last emails from being displayed.

That is definitely the best way to go!

> Of course, the preferred solution would be to grant Arachne access to
> the ample free memory that modern PCs possess.

Of course it would be nice if Arachne could use all the RAM we
have on our various machines, but NOT as the solution to this
problem.

That would be placing a restriction on Arachne that not all of us
with limited memory would be able to overcome!

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