Ralf Storm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my mail/news is sometimes "busy": it shows the hourglass but there is no
> activity visible. This happens after selecting the inbox of my pop3 account.
>
So it isn't just me that is seeing this?
> I still can switch between folders, between accounts, move messages - no
> problem (albeit slow). But the hourglass stays and "get mail every x
> minutes" doesnt work any longer.
>
> Sometimes "compact this folder" on the inbox gets rid of the hourglass,
> sometimes not. Then, the only other choice to get "get mail every x
> minutes" back is a restart. And mozilla crashes regularly while closing.
>
> How can i check what Mozilla is doing? Or is there a bug? Search for
> "hourglass" at bugzilla shows nothing like that.
>
> This behavior is there a long time. Maybee since 0.9.6
>
It was (is?) an old bug that was very annoying. It seemed to have been
fixed ages ago (in the nightlies at least) but now appears to be back,
but only very occasionally - nothing like as bad as it was.
I usually just close Mail/News and restart it, no need to exit Mozilla
entirely.
I can't find the bug for it.
> I have tried nightlies and milestones. Made a new user account, deleted
> XUL, deleted chrome. Anything else?
>
> details:
> - win32 (NT40sp6 german)
> - 2 accounts: 1 imap, 1 pop3
> - only inbox of pop3 affected
> - 3 filters on imap
> - 2 filters on pop3
> - local directory of pop3 account is on a network drive and not in the
> mozilla default path, changed per preferences dialog
>
> regards
> Ralf Storm
>
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