It does have what plants crave... On Sunday, June 14, 2015, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah, they really shouldn’t breed. Luckily they probably can’t figure > out how. And they’re too busy watering their crops with Brawndo. > > *From:* Mike Hammett <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:08 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > The people I work with assume if it's gone from one place, it's gone > from all. They'd be surprised if it was still on another device. IMAP > folders match webmail folders. Webmail folders are the same on every device > you use. > > Your customers seem dumber than mine and for that, I'm glad. ;-) > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > *To: *[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent: *Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:03:27 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > Average Joe does not understand local vs. server based folders. > > Problems I see fairly often: > > * User deletes messages from phone, then shits a brick when the messages > are gone from his computer, because he does not understand server based > folders. > > * User has 20 folders on the server including Sent, Deleted, Junk, Cat > Pictures, etc. plus some specific to his phone that aren’t even email. > Every email he has ever sent, deleted, or has been filtered as spam is > still sitting on the server, and he can’t understand why he hits his disk > quota. Even when he deletes some, it just moves them to Deleted, which is > still on the server. > > * User complains spam filtering is not preventing the spam from going to > his phone, because he has his Junk folder synced on his phone. > > * Real estate agent has created GMail folders for every house she ever > listed, buys smartphone, sets it to sync all those folders rather than just > Inbox (and full messages not just headers). When it is still syncing after > 2 days, she decides to delete the GMail account off her phone but instead > manages to blow away all her GMail. > > * The people who use POP3 on their computer and IMAP on their phone, > accessing the same mail account, and wonder why strange stuff happens or > the mailbox gets corrupted. > > I also think mobile devices using IMAP IDLE cause a lot of server issues > because of sessions staying up for days or weeks. > > > *From:* Mike Hammett <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 5:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > How is IMAP harder than POP3? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > *To: *[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent: *Sunday, June 14, 2015 4:30:13 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > A significant portion of the populace is too stupid to use IMAP. Of > course they should also not be allowed to drive, vote, own a gun, or > reproduce, but we don’t stop them. At least you have to pass a test to get > a drivers license. > TAXI - Reverand Jim's Driving Test > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XJ83PRJOU> > > > *From:* Chuck McCown <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 4:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > IMHO, POP3 should never leave messages. You can’t leave a copy of your > mail at the post office. If you want to leave messages, that is what IMAP > is good for. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 2:59 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > If Outlook is set up for POP3, make sure the guy periodically stops the > Send/Rcv process so it can delete messages off the server (assuming you did > not set it up to leave copies on the server forever). That way it won’t > start over with 1 of 54484 if it gets stuck again. > > And if it still can’t get past one problematic message, see if Bell South > has webmail and he can go in and delete the problem message from there. > > > *From:* Lewis Bergman > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 3:31 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] today's consulting fun > > > So weather is your point? Sounds like maybe you have never had the pain of > running your own mail server. We used to get this note and again. Someone > needs to manually look at the message file and go to the spot if that > message and manually delete it. Good luck convincing bell south to do it. > On Jun 14, 2015 2:11 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> >> so i was really tempted to post this on facebook but since he's local, >> maybe not. >> >> issue: my outlook keeps downloading the same message over and over. >> the message was about three months old once i looked at it. >> >> i setup a new profile, clean pst file, started downloading messages. >> >> downloading message 1 of 54484 messages (1.79 gig) >> >> what?! >> >> messages started coming in from january 2014. >> >> this is an @bellsouth.net email address. >> >> mr. lawyer dude, you and i need to have a little talk.... >> >> >> > > >
