Better scheme for reliability.

diff --git a/helpinfos b/helpinfos
index 38d3019f68e47c730c38662093ce4fcd8e4d7172..8e1951d909da9da35a2cfc76e53e9850d9a2267e 100644 (file)
--- a/helpinfos
+++ b/helpinfos
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ help <topic>     gives help on an additional topic
 :tell
 tell <nick> <message ...>
  Leaves a message for someone, which will be delivered according to
- their `!set !tellme'.  See also help on `!tellbounce' and `!delmsg'.
+ their `!set !tellme'.  I will tell you about your undelivered tells
+ whenever I see you arriving, or when you say !ping.  See also
+ `help !untell' and `help !delmsg'.
 
-:tellbounce
-!set tellbounce after <!interval>   (Default: 80h.)
- If undelivered (see `help !tellme') longer than that, I will:
-!set tellbounce discard              Just throw it away.  (Default.)
-!set tellbounce tellme <interval>    Try a bounce `tell' that long.
-!set tellbounce mailto <email-addr>  Email you.  (Secure nicks only.)
+:untell
+!untell [<nick> ...]
+ Forgets about all message(s) you've sent with !tell, or those to
+ particular nick(s).  Use !delmsg to delete messages sent *to* you.
+ There is no way to untell individual messages to the same nick.
 
 :tellme
 !set tellme configures how you receive messages sent with !tell:
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ tell <nick> <message ...>
  set tellme secure                Hide body until secure ident.
  set tellme refuse                Do not accept messages.
  set tellme mailto <email-addr>   By email.  (Secure nicks only.)
-and also when to consider them delivered (see `help !tellbounce'):
+and also when to consider them delivered (see `help !unsend'):
  set tellme unreliable            Tell you once, then forget.
  set tellme pester <interval>     Remind until you say !delmsg
  set tellme reliable <interval>   Like pester, but identify req'd.
@@ -52,9 +53,10 @@ and also when to consider them delivered (see `help !tellbounce'):
 
 :delmsg
 delmsg [<nick> ...]
-Forgets about messages I've told you about: either all of them, or
-only those from certain nicks.  Necessary if you !set !tellme pester
-or reliable, and also works with remind, but not with unreliable.
+ Forgets about messages I've told you about: either all of them, or
+ only those from certain nicks.  Necessary if you !set !tellme pester
+ or reliable, and also works with remind, but not with unreliable.
+ Use !untell to delete messages you've sent, rather than received.
 
 :seen
 seen <nick>
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ Replies with hopefully-useful information, including:
   actual message traffic counts, and \!-commands don't count either.
 * The specified string, if any.
 I can tell you this automatically if you like - see `help !marktime'.
+If you have undelivered messages sent with !tell by or to you, I'll
+let you know about those too (privately, if you ping on channel).
 
 :marktime
 !set marktime off        Only an explicit `!ping' command sends info.