On 12/12/01 6:17 AM, "Sherman Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Just to put it out there -- I've fixed the problem (I hope!) -- in case
> someone can offer an explanation:
> 
> This morning, Entourage started crashing (unexpected quit) on me as it was
> checking my main account (a university server) from a schedule. I tried the
> following:
> 
> (1) rebuilt the database
> (2) checked other accounts manually: they worked
> 
> The main account still kept crashing E'rage X, whether checking manually or
> from the schedule. It looked like it was crashing as the mail was actually
> being checked (for some reason, there is a long delay when E'rage is trying
> to log on to my university account; I don't think this is an E'rage
> problem).
> 
> So, I decided to go online and look at the account with Pine (using the OS X
> terminal). Did this, none of the messages seemed bad, none were large, etc.
> Deleted some recent messages that I'd left on the server as well as a few
> new ones that had arrived overnight. Tried E'rage X again.
> 
> It now seems to work.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?


There was a corrupt message on the server which "didn't look bad" but was,
and you happened to delete it. It was probably the oldest one there, if you
don't leave messages on the server, or one of the most recent ones if you
do. You can do what you did more easily within Entourage itself, by going to
your account in Tools/Accounts and checking Online Access in the Options
page there. that will put your server into your folder list. You can click
on it there, and see all the messages on the server: it's like a poor man's
IMAP. You can turn off the Preview Pane, select a bad message, and delete
it. You'd find out which one was bad by turning the preview pane on and
selecting each unread message in turn. The one that crashes Entourage is the
bad one. ;-)

-- 
Paul Berkowitz


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