From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 29 21:14:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64E2F16A41F for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:14:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net (smtp5.suscom.net [64.78.83.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819E843D4C for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:14:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A5951044F for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:14:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp5 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08874-01-99 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:14:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Gerard.seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D9AA510442 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:14:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:14:23 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: X-X-Sender: beerstud@spamcop.net@mail.cesmail.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new .250 at suscom.net Subject: Locking 'threaded messages' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gerard Seibert List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:14:27 -0000 I was just wondering if I could drum up any enthusiasm for my latest idea to improve Becky's overall usability, functional ability and suitability to task rating. By the way, if this is all ready possible please let me know. I have not been able to accomplish it. What I propose is for Carty to incorporate the ability to lock a thread either by locking the original message in the thread or by implicitly locking any message in the thread and indicating that the thread should be locked. By locking, I am referring to making the thread immune to deletion unless implicitly unlocked. Presently, I have to lock every message in a thread to keep it from being deleted when I remove the other garbage in the box the message is located in. This is not a problem with Becky's forum since there are usually no more than a handful of messages anyway. However, on some forums I belong to, I can receive a hundred messages a day. Obviously, I have no use for the vast majority of them. Never the less, if there is a thread I want to keep, I am forced to lock each message individually. I would like the ability to globally lock a thread, in whatever fashion Carty might devise. My sole purpose with this post is to see if there is any support for this from the other Becky users. -- Gerard Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net .:\:/:. +-------------------+ .:\:\:/:/:. | PLEASE DO NOT | :.:\:\:/:/:.: | FEED THE TROLLS | :=.' - - '.=: | | '=(\ 9 9 /)=' | Thank you, | ( (_) ) | Management | /`-vvv-'\ +-------------------+ / \ | | @@@ / /|,,,,,|\ \ | | @@@ /_// /^\ \\_\ @x@@x@ | | |/ WW( ( ) )WW \||||/ | | \| __\,,\ /,,/__ \||/ | | | (______Y______) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\