From 63de196a5e365dc011a3d08e641e9066baf4112f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: <63de196a5e365dc011a3d08e641e9066baf4112f.1715813071.git.mdw@distorted.org.uk> From: Mark Wooding Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:26:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Better scheme for reliability. Organization: Straylight/Edgeware From: Ian Jackson --- helpinfos | 26 +++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/helpinfos b/helpinfos index 38d3019..8e1951d 100644 --- a/helpinfos +++ b/helpinfos @@ -27,14 +27,15 @@ help gives help on an additional topic :tell tell 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 (Default: 80h.) - If undelivered (see `help !tellme') longer than that, I will: -!set tellbounce discard Just throw it away. (Default.) -!set tellbounce tellme Try a bounce `tell' that long. -!set tellbounce mailto Email you. (Secure nicks only.) +:untell +!untell [ ...] + 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 set tellme secure Hide body until secure ident. set tellme refuse Do not accept messages. set tellme mailto 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 Remind until you say !delmsg set tellme reliable Like pester, but identify req'd. @@ -52,9 +53,10 @@ and also when to consider them delivered (see `help !tellbounce'): :delmsg delmsg [ ...] -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 @@ -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. -- [mdw]