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Brian Sniffen <bts@evenmere.org> writes:

>> 
>> OK, but the patch proposed works both for people who want to be notified
>> of this problem, and those that don't (with appropriate shell wrapping
>> checking the return code).  
>
> I think it will loop; how do I guarantee termination and indexing of all present messages if deletions cause errors?
>
> -Brian

stop deleting things? You can't guarantee termination and indexing of
all present messages by ignoring deletions either.

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