From: Ashley M. Kirchner (ashley@pcraft.com)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2001 - 14:37:26 CDT
"Peter C. McCluskey" wrote:
> I can think of three ways that users might want deletions to appear:
> A) leave the message's file, removing the text between <!-- body="start" -->
> and <!-- body="end" --> (probably replacing it with a message saying
> "deleted").
> B) remove the file, leaving a gap in the msgnums.
> C) remove the file, renumber messages after it to remove gap in the msgnums.
C: No
B: Okay
A: Okay
My personal choice would be for A. I can see cases where someone might
(still) want to know what that deleted msg was. Heck, even I might. Been through
this before, where I pitch a message in a thread, and several days, weeks, months
later I'm scratching my head wondering why I deleted and/or what was in it in the
first place. I much rather have a copy of the message, just don't display it -
like you suggested, adding a 'msg deleted' type message instead.
This would also avoid having to work around a gap in msgnums, no?
AMK4
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