Stupid mistake alert

Actually, stupid programming alert.

I made a mistake creating a filter for my email server. And apparently, effing Horde will allow you to apply a filter WITH NOTHING IN IT to your emailbox. As a result, everything that was sent to me today after 9 a.m. has been accidentally—and completely—deleted. No chance of recovery, as I set my spam filters to destroy the culprits. Until today, I’ve never had a problem with that setting.

So. If you had something to say to me today, you’d best say it again if you want a response. Because all I can see is the subject line and who it’s from, and a message telling me it’s been deleted.

Sorry, folks, but the people who wrote Horde are dumber than I, because I would NEVER allow a blank space to become a filter search phrase. There’s that little line, y’know, “If x = null, then [error message]”.

Schmucks.

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One Response to Stupid mistake alert

  1. Robert says:

    “If x = null, then [error message]”.

    Except that a space is not a null, it is an ASCII character, so, a single space is something, not nothing as far as your computer is concerned. You still can’t divide by one, though ;)

    Robert

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