>According to Chris investigations, when we are running Emailer in Classic >and open the Temp Incoming folder in OS X, the invisible file that is >created causes Emailer to crash because the folder is supposed to be >empty. CE cannot process this file as mail because it is not mail.
Not crash, just get stuck unpacking the emails. The file seems to confuse Emailer so it stops unpacking the temp files into the database for that pass. A 2nd pass will unpack all the missed files, but then will miss any new ones that came in during the latest attempt. This cycle repeats so you are effectively always one collection behind on what email has been unpacked. Quitting and starting Emailer will cause it to unpack the remaining files (because starting emailer causes it to process all temp incoming files). The only way to restore proper functionality is to delete the .DS_Store file, the easiest way to do that is to throw out the Temp Incoming folder and let Emailer create a new one when it starts up again. BTW: This effect isn't limited to the .DS_Store file. Any invisible OS X file (anything that starts with a period) will yield the same result. My guess is it is due to the fact that OS 9 (and so Classic) doesn't see those files as invisible, it just thinks they are normal files. So Emailer doesn't know to skip it. If you create an OS 9 invisible file, Emailer will safely ignore it (humm... which leads me to a thought... open the .DS_Store file in an OS 9 file attribute editor, and mark it as invisible... then maybe Emailer will ignore the fact that it is there like it should... humm... something to try when I get back home) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
