From: Matt Todd <chiology@...>
Date: 2006-09-10T08:19:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Timer Task?

> The main reason for maintaining a Thread is because there's a tiny bit of
> state involved (I only want to report new mail, not the same new mail over
> and over again). I'm open to other alternatives, but writing out to the
> file system seems like the only other option, which I'd prefer not to do.

I think not using this fantastic resource available to us is a bit
silly. That's the whole reason the filesystem exists: persistent
storage! So, store the state and the emails, or just the state if you
prefer. Whichever. But I think it's a bit silly not to use the
filesystem.

Also, I'm definitely in favor of cronning something like this as well.

:D

M.T.