>From: "Dave Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:13:19 -0800 > >Please describe the circumstances leading to the crash and any other >relevant information: > >I wasn't even using Powermail. It was in the background, and probably was >checking mail. I was using FireFox to watch a web movie at >millerauditions.com. The movie suddenly paused, got stuck for 2 or 3 >seconds, then recovered. A moment later I got news that PowerMail had >crashed. > >About 10 minutes earlier, I had PowerMail retrieve a huge volume of email >from my "list" account that I only check a few times a week. There were >over 600 messages retrieved, and that took 3 tries because Powermail had >a problem getting 3 of them, which required me to push the little "X" >button to stop the retrieval. Then check mail again to continue. Anyway, >after 3 goes, this was completed ok. It was a little while later, (maybe >10 minutes) that PowerMail quit unexpectedly.
I used to get very similar crashes. Strangely enough I have not gotten any since the first of October. This could be the result of one or both of two things: 1. I upgraded OS X from 10.4.2 to 10.4.3 (and now .4) 2. I got a real job, so PM no longer runs open on the same machine for months on end (it gets quit every day when I leave for work and then when I leave work so I can unplug the firewire drive w/my database on it). Not sure if that helps, but perhaps. I do know that OS X had (still has?) some threading issues where lots of threads can cause the app to crash or lock due to a very low-level problem with the threading manager...and all my crashes in PM had a lot of threads going (usually 20+). Lane Roathe President Ideas From the Deep <http://www.ifd.com> ___________________________________________________________________ Forget about world peace, visualize using your turn signals!
