Anthony Ewell wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > > bug: timed mail read corrupts download > From: > > Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > > Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:24:17 -0800 > > Newsgroups: > > netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news > > > Hi All, > > A bug for the developers to fix: I am using > Netscape 6.2 on Windows NT, Service Pack 6a. I have my timed > eMail set for 10 minutes. My connection to the Internet > is over a V.90 external (hardware) modem. > > If I am downloading when my timed eMail triggers, I will > occasionally get a pop up message stating that the eMail reader could > not contact the server. When this message pop up, my download > countdown stops as well. After I click okay, the download > continues. After that, when I try to use the download, it > usually turn up corrupted. (Then, I turn off all my mail windows, > download the file again, and everything turns out okay. My > green arrow will occasionally pop up if I receive eMail, but > as long as I don't have an eMail window open, there is no harm.) > > This problem is not reproducible under Netscape 4.7x. > > Many thanks, > --Tony > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
this is the behavior mail/news does currently.. :)
