[dev] Confirmation page for monthly maintenance operations

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz@bigworm.colorado.edu>:

> 
> > > > If you are able to select in your prefs what actions should
> > > > take place monthly the screen should reflect these settings. If
> > > > for example you only selected to move sent mail to the monthly
> > > > sent-mail folders, the "after-login-screen" should have this
> > > > option selected and the other ones deselected.
> 
> Actually, the behavior now is that the actions only appear IF the user has 
> selected the action to occur in the preferences (or if the sysadmin has it
> set, 
> etc.).  Thus, in Jan's example above, the only thing that would appear on the
> 
> screen would be the dialog to move your sent-mail folder.  This option would
> be 
> checked.  The other 2 options would not appear on the screen at all.  (Maybe
> I 
> was confusing people a bit with my screenshot.  For the screenshot, ALL of
> the 
> maintenace operations have been selected in the preferences - I wanted a 
> screenshot that would show the maximum functionality of the patch.)
> 
> This is why I had the options on the confirmation screen checked by default. 
> 
> My reasoning is that if the user (or sysadmin) has already declared their 
> intention to do the maintenance operation (via the preferences), they
> shouldn't 
> have to check another box to actually do it.  It's nice to have the 
> confirmation page to remind them, but they can easily uncheck the box if they
> 
> change their mind.
> 
> Good reasoning or not?

Good reasoning. :-)

Jan.