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

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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:11:15 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> I regard it as user-unfriendly if a program makes me do something that
> I would not do otherwise because it is awkward. Like keeping emails that
> belong together in different directories.

That doesn't make sense.

Why would you want to keep emails in different directories, if
they belong together?

Wouldn't it be better to put those that belong together in one category
in one subdirectory, then those that belong together in another category
in a second subdirectory, and so on until they are all sorted and stored
with others that they belong with?

And any that are left over can be sorted by date, and stored a
year at a time(or whatever period suits you) in their own
subdirectories.

Arachne makes it SOOOO easy to move mail to subdirectories of
YOUR choosing, and to create new subdirectories "on the fly".

> So I am strongly against imposing any artificial limits just to keep
> bugs from being triggered. It is the machine that should serve the user,
> not the other way round.

That is absolutely right. Ideally, an attempt to exceed a limit
should NOT trigger a failure of the system.

But in life, things don't usually work that way. If I overload
the power outlets in my house, the breaker will cut off the power.
If I drive faster than is safe on a road, I may crash my car.

So it is necessary in most things that the user should be aware
of the limits and try not to exceed them.

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