Re: [hypermail] deleting messages, honoring Expires, X-No-Archive

From: Peter C. McCluskey <pcm_at_rahul.net_at_hypermail-project.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:16:19 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <20010402221619.155B01DBB_at_foxtrot.rahul.net>

 ashley_at_pcraft.com ("Ashley M. Kirchner") writes:
>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?

 If the only reason for deleting messages is that the author doesn't want the message made public, then you are probably right.  I suspect that a common reason for deleting messages is that they are cluttering up the index files (spam, or messages that are of only short-term interest).
 Maybe the best solution is to remove all links from other files that point to the deleted message, and write it with a "message deleted" in place of the body?

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