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    From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to All on Fri Feb 25 22:56:00 2022
    Is there a setting that will kill an email after it has been read??
    In looking at SCFG, I thought I saw such a setting, but I think it
    was worded "kill email after sent".

    Awhile back, a user wanted his emails that he got from me (via
    Feedback) to be kept...but I have another user wanting the read
    emails to be zapped, so they don't come up again.

    I know if you try to please everyone, you'll have pleased no one.
    But, on a ham radio packet BBS, once I download a message with the
    program, it kills it off the BBS.

    I just don't remember the exact command.

    Daryl

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Daryl Stout on Sat Feb 26 04:37:32 2022
    Re: Deleting Read Messages
    By: Daryl Stout to All on Fri Feb 25 2022 04:56 pm

    Is there a setting that will kill an email after it has been read??
    In looking at SCFG, I thought I saw such a setting, but I think it
    was worded "kill email after sent".

    Awhile back, a user wanted his emails that he got from me (via
    Feedback) to be kept...but I have another user wanting the read
    emails to be zapped, so they don't come up again.

    I know if you try to please everyone, you'll have pleased no one.
    But, on a ham radio packet BBS, once I download a message with the
    program, it kills it off the BBS.

    I just don't remember the exact command.

    The attribute is called "KILLREAD". You can make this the default for all email newly created by setting SCFG->Message Options->Kill Read E-mail to 'Yes'.

    Or, as sysop, after sending an email you can toggle this attribute (off/on) from the 'kill/read sent mail' menu option of the email sub-menu or the ;mail sysop command.
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  • From DesotoFireflite@VERT/VALHALLA to Daryl Stout on Sat Feb 26 13:30:55 2022
    Re: Deleting Read Messages
    By: Daryl Stout to All on Fri Feb 25 2022 04:56 pm

    Is there a setting that will kill an email after it has been read??
    In looking at SCFG, I thought I saw such a setting, but I think it
    was worded "kill email after sent".

    Daryl, all the user has to do is hit "D" after they read there Email, and it's deleted. It's there choice to delete their email, some users like to keep it, some like to delete it.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Digital Man on Mon Feb 28 00:52:00 2022
    Rob,

    The attribute is called "KILLREAD". You can make this the default for
    all email newly created by setting SCFG->Message Options->Kill Read
    E-mail to 'Yes'.

    Or, as sysop, after sending an email you can toggle this attribute (off/on) from the 'kill/read sent mail' menu option of the email
    sub-menu or the ;mail sysop command. --

    That's what I was wanting...I couldn't remember the option.

    Daryl

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