Re: On the best practices

[Kai Grossjohann]

Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:

> I am used to tick messages using either tick/dormant/permanent marks.
>
> Since  these marks are  prevented from  expiring, and  given the  fact I
> have big  groups, it ends  here in having  group loading time  worst and
> worst.
>
> How can  I enhance that  ? I  mean ticked messages  are used (by  me) to
> remember things  or to keep  an interesting message indefinitely.  Now I
> should concede I  rarely read ticked messages except  when someone or me
> try to  answer to a question I  know I have informations  for. So ticked
> (and only ticked)  messages are most of the time  useless into the group
> I am visiting.

I suggest to make them dormant, if you don't want to see them.
(The meaning of dormant is "hidden until a followup appears", and that
seems to be pretty much exactly what you want.)

Of, if total-expire is off, just mark them as read.  That's what I
do.  It's quite quick, even with a thousand messages in a group that
are marked as read.

Kai