23 Nov 16 09:50, you wrote to me:   
      
    RM>>> Especially if there is a text config and a more intuitive rescan.   
    RM>>> (telling me that I am already subscribed instead of doing a rescan   
    RM>>> on that area)   
    ml>> but that's not what rescans are for... rescans are for rescanning,   
    ml>> subscribed or not...   
      
    RM> That is also my working assumption. It seems it was not the one of the   
    RM> original FMail author.   
      
   apparently so... that may have been one of the reasons why i left FMail went   
   to FastEcho years back... FE is/was very fast compared to other tossers,   
   too... a week after registering FE, i was invited to join the FE Beta team   
   which i did since i was also already on the RA and FD beta teams ;)   
      
    ml>> the rescan will subscribe you if you are not already subscribed,   
    ml>> though... generally speaking, of course...   
      
    RM> I agree, and this is exactly as HPT handles this usecase.   
      
   it is also how fastecho handles it... if you want to rescan, you use the   
   %RESCAN option and possible modifiers along with the list of echo tags for   
   those to operate on...   
      
   eg:   
     %RESCAN   
     echoA   
     echoB   
     echoC   
      
     %DAYS 30   
     echoD   
     echoE   
     echoF   
      
     %MSGS 1000   
     echoG   
     echoH   
     echoI   
      
      
   in the above, all nines areas will be rescanned... the first set are limited   
   by default number of days back and last X messages... the second set only   
   rescans 30 days back... i don't think it is limited by the default last X   
   messages... the third set gets the last 1000 messages from each those areas...   
   i don't think it is limited by the default number of days back...   
      
   FE also offers alternative rescan options...   
      
     echoJ, R      <= rescan this area   
     echoK, R=300  <= rescan last 300 messages in this area   
      
   apparently last X days is not supported by this format which is likely why i   
   always use the first example i gave above... the "S"ample option seem   
   interesting but i'm not sure if i want the response as an ascii text file   
   containing the messages... but i guess sample was to be used for sampling an   
   area before subscribing to it so you could see if you really wanted to   
   subscribe or not...   
      
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