jazbo wrote: > hello, I have a serious problem with IMAP and NS4.7 on Linux and I am > hoping someone will tell me this bug does not occur with mozilla or > NS6.2. If you have seen it please say so. > > Using netscape 4.7x with IMAP-UW and now IMAPS-2000 over the past couple > of years, I have noticed that when a user tries to delete an email from > their Sent folder and the email had attachment(s), which were deleted > beforw they attempted to delete the email, Netscape goes absolutely > beserk. It cannot be closed or quit and the disk I/O churns so hard the > system rapidly becomes unusable. Switching to a virtual console quickly > and executing killall -9 netscape-communicator will stop it. > > Since the IMAP server was on the same system as the client both times I > have witnessed this I can't say for sure exactly what is causing the > diak thrashing. But killing netscape is absolutely necessary as it's > hung up. > > I both cases I have not created any extra folders on the IMAP server > beyond the default incoming mail file. (/var/spool/mail/username). Also > all the user has to do experience the disk attack again is try to open > their Sent or Trash folders. > > First, can someone tell me that this crap doesn't happen under NS6.2 or > Mozilla? Basically, can I upgrade the system to make this go away? > > Secondly, since the problem awaits the users if they open Sent or Trash > , what is the safe way to repair the ns_imap folders ? Delete the > affected Summaries or remove the ns_imap directory entirely and let > Netscape recreate it? > >
couldn't tell you an answer to your question, but how about setting up a dummy account and testing it with ns6.2 and mozilla.
