[Pan-users] Re: [PATCH] Make 'get new headers' the default in the Get Headers dialog

[walt]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:13:04 +0200, Per Hedeland wrote:

> walt <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> ...Pan treats a subscribed group with *no*
>>articles the same as a new group.  This happens only when you 'delete'
>>all articles on leaving the group.  (Not the same as marking the group
>>as 'read')...
> 
> ...stop deleting the articles
> and start marking the group as read instead...

You may be surprised to hear that I actually agree with everything you
said :o)  I started 'deleting' articles in large binary groups (only)
so long ago that I'd forgotten why I do it.

Now I remember I did it the first time because I needed a bit more
disk space in the middle of downloading a large .iso image and I
was shocked to find that just the *headers* of five binaries groups
took up almost a gig of disk space.  I 'deleted' all of the articles
in those five groups and then had enough room to finish the download.
I just got in the habit of doing it, but it really isn't necessary
if you allocate your disk space properly.

I do agree with Duncan that pop-ups which are unneeded 9 times out of
10 really should be voluntary instead of compulsive.  The principle
of least irritation should prevail, IMO.