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Message   Martin Foster    August Abolins   Apoint: keep silent - how?   April 25, 2019
 8:24 AM *  

Hello August!

On 22.04.19 at 18:10, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>> It likes to beep on messages that match my name as I move the
 AA>>> cursor down the message list.

 MF>> I can't reproduce that here but I do get the occasional beep when
 MF>> I press <Enter> over certain things instead of double-clicking
 MF>> with the mouse.

 AA> I think I found how to provoke the beep.

 AA> When you are in a message area with fresh never-before read messages, and
 AA> you start reading, the moment you open the first message addressed to
 AA> you, the system will beep.  It will beep on the next message that is
 AA> addressed to you.

 AA> It will beep on the previously read messages too!  :(

 AA> It will only stop the beep once you've read all the messages addressed to
 AA> you *and* you CLOSE the Area.  If you open the Area again, no beeps on
 AA> your messages.

Yes, I can see now that it's connected with messages to me. Thanks for  
the heads-up.

 AA> Not a show stopper.

I agree but nevertheless I find it somewhat irritating.

Regards,
Martin

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