On Sat, 7 May 2011 19:50:40 -0700, "Edward Hennessey"
wrote:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 May 2011 16:47:11 -0700, "Edward Hennessey"
wrote:
LJ:

The flag option--which was staring at me unchecked
this whole time--works to do that in OE. Verified it
by opening and closing the thread and doing the
same with OE. It persisted. That's a find.

What was your purpose in flagging them, Ed? I thought you were
trying
to watch those sub-threads. Flagging is just marking, similar to the
Keep command in Agent.

LJ:

Agent is unexperienced.

You mean you're not experienced with Agent? It's a very good, mature
program.


But flags look good
for marking a post for extraction or signalizing
one that deserves a reply when later becomes
available or where there is some thinking or
research to be done before that.

Yeah, whatever works for you. I keep (K) the posts I want to hold
onto, and when I get the next set of posts, the others are purged.
With only unread messages showing, the rest are safely stashed in the
database for later viewing and reference.

--
If the American people ever allow private banks to control
the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by
deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up
around them will deprive the people of all property until
their children wake up homeless on the continent their
Fathers conquered...I believe that banking institutions
are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies...
The issuing power should be taken from the banks and
restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
-- misattributed to Thomas Jefferson