Re: messages in sentbox

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 01/24/2004 01:50:42 PM, tn fenster wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> balsa (2.0.16) copies files into the sentbox even if I don't  
> actually send them but just put them in the outbox via "send  
> later". Is there a way to avoid that behaviour as it is very  
> confusing if I decide later not to send the message and delete  
> it from the outbox and still there is the message in the  
> sentbox implying that I sent it...
> 
> Tobias

Hi Tobias!

That's not simple, because by the time a message has been stored  
in the outbox, it's ready for sending and has been stripped of  
any internal hints like where to file a copy.  Balsa does use a  
nearly final form of message with such hints, when it saves or  
postpones a message into the draftbox.  Perhaps what's needed is  
a queuebox, where messages can be stored that are ready for  
sending except for that final stripping.

A queuebox might also be helpful in implementing per-identity  
SMTP servers.  At submission time, messages with the same server  
could be processed into the outbox for libESMTP to process in a  
single session, repeatedly until the queuebox is emptied.