Seth Spitzer wrote:
> In today's builds, you'll find that news servers no longer "persisted"
> as open in the folder pane.
>
> This means that if on exit, you had "news.mozilla.org" open in the
> folder pane, when you start back up, it will be closed.
>
> (Like we did in 4.x)
>
> The reasons for the switch:
>
> 1) it's friendlier on news servers. (if the server is open on
> startup, we update the unread counts. we do that by connecting to the
> news server and issuing a GROUP command on each newgroup you are
> subscribed to.)
>
> As always, when you expand the server (by double clicking on it, or
> opening the twisty) we'll update the unread counts. We just won't
> update them on startup.
>
> 2) doing this NNTP activity slows down startup for most users.
>
> For details, see http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103010
>
> Like most things, there's a hidden boolean pref for this.
> "news.persist_server_open_state_in_folderpane"
> the default value in mailnews.js is false.
>
> If you want to return to the previous behaviour, set it to true in
> your prefs.js
>
> There is no UI for this pref.
>
> -Seth
>
Okay, I've no objection to kindness to news servers. But, I get an
error message about "too many connections" (which ultimately goes away)
and a constant hourglass (this is WinMe), even though the Stop light
icon isn't on. I'm guessing this is the "constant loading" RTH is
encountering on a Mac.
Giving credit where due, the "subject or sender contains:" field is a
very handy feature. Enables one to find the experts whose posts
probably solved problems! :-)
Nigel L
