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Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no? |
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Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:48:15 +0200 |
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Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> Looking over the code, I'm inclined to agree with Lars-Johan here: there
> isn't really any need to halt the process, what's important is that the
> user be made aware of the failure.
I agree.
> Allow me to re-introduce my suggestion of using warnings! It's looking
> better and better the more I consider it. `delay-warning' is just what
> we want: it puts messages in the hopper, which aren't displayed until
> the current command is completely finished, instead of messages
> clobbering each other and getting buried. It has its own private buffer,
> keeping information separate. There are plenty of user-facing knobs, and
> facilities for hiding or silencing the warnings.
I'm not sure I want to be popping up a buffer at the user for network
errors and the like -- it's expected that a news reader will have some
network problems, and putting up a buffer about it isn't very helpful.
--
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- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, (continued)
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/12
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/12
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/13
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/14
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/14
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/14
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/15
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/15
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars-Johan Liman, 2021/10/12
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/14
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <=
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/15
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/18
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/18
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/10/19
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/19
- Re: Mail source unreachable - continue yes/no?, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/10/21