[Evolution] About "hide read messages"

Ron Johnson ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Mon, 17 May 2004 08:44:49 -0500


On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 09:05 -0400, David Guertin wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 23:06, Andrew Conkling wrote:
[snip]
> FWIW, Emacs Gnus (strictly speaking a newsreader, but widely used for
> email as well) does this. After a message is read, it does not display
> again unless you ask it to. It does not disappear immediately (which
> would be pretty useless), but remains visible until you leave the
> folder. Only when the folder is displayed again are the read messages
> hidden.
> 
> It's very convenient behavior for large-volume lists (like this one :-).

That must be a function of screen size, because I like to have it
all there, with earlier posts in the thread at ready access.  I 
might not, though, with a 17" monitor.

-- 
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>