Nigel L wrote: > 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
Now I closed Mail&News and immediately reopened, and the newsgroups were all still open and the activity hourglass was gone.
