Well said, Rick, as I linger here on my webmail *barf*. Victor
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:19:25 +0000 "Rick Lecoat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't help thinking that maybe PM should be able to >deal with such > corrupted HTML messages more gracefully than this. >Victor alone would > seem to have lost 24 hours or more of time to this >problem. Certain > things need to be acknowledged I think: > > 1. Whatever our feelings about them, we all receive HTML >messages. > 2. HTML messages can become corrupted. > 3. By the very nature of email, many people will have >mail databases > dating back several years. > 4. If one corrupt email can throw PowerMail completely >for a loop, then > there *must* be a better way of assisting the user to >locate that > problem message than simply relying on them to sift >through 30... 50... > 100,000 messages trying to find the one. Assuming that >they can get PM > to open in order to do it of course. > > Even if it's just a crash log entry recording where the >offending > message is in the database, that would be some help. > > Rick > > -- > G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.4.5 :: PM 5.2.3 :: 3 >pane mode > > Shark Attack: A Design Studio > <www.sharkattack.co.uk> > > -- > Original message: > Received from A-NO-NE Music on 20/3/06 at 16:55 > >>Victor Orly / 2006/03/20 / 11:16 AM wrote: >> >>>Now, three time over the last two days, it wants to >>>rebuild the sort inces - which takes 12+ HOURS. When it >>>is >>>done, it just closes right away and wants to rebuild >>>again. >>> >>>What is going on? >> >>I had this a while ago, and the culprit was a corrupted >>HTML message >>from years back. Took me a while to find that one. I >>ended up deleting >>3-4 suspicious ones. After that, all has been well. > > Spam & Virus Protection By Barracuda Networks
