> On 6/3/04 11:36 PM, "Mark Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I really think that Microsoft needs to take another look at what they are >> doing to the database after a crash recovery. I think that someone made a >> mistake somewhere and it needs to be fixed. There is no reason that messages >> I downloaded three weeks ago should be downloaded again just because my >> system crashed. Sure, I could just have my accounts remove the mail from the >> server and solve the problem myself. But then what would be the point of >> having an option to leave the mail on the server?
on 6/4/04 1:54 AM, Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, but this is piffle. Microsoft is doing the safe thing. If you crash, > there's a very strong possibility that you could lose data, including > messages on the server - which might not have downloaded yet, or might have > not been saved to the database. In a crash, there's no way of knowing for > sure, since all the usual checks are omitted. So it's the safe thing to > download again. They're not going to remove that safety net because there's > some individual (you -represent 1/100oth of a percent of users) risking beta > testing with this setup. > > You have four choices: > > 1. Stop beta testing > 2. Stop leaving messages on the server > 3. Get an IMAP account, the smart option > 4. Put up with it I have read about a safety net on several posts and I don't really know what you are referring to. I assume that every time I launch Entourage it loads a database and determines what mail it has and has not retrieved from my mail server. Correct? Okay, forget about the beta testing, I should have known that mentioning it would be a red herring, let's just say that my power goes out unexpectedly and I am forced to restart my computer. Wouldn't Entourage look for the last version of the database that was written and use it as a reference for retrieving mail from that point forward? What would be the point of Entourage throwing out what it knew was accurate before the crash? Imagine if this was an accounting program, can you imagine how crazy it would be if the program forgot which vendors you already paid, so just to be safe it tells you to pay them all again? -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
