And it's still going on (which is to be expected I guess as nothing has changed). But this is getting serious. Notwithstanding that the fact that primary issue is that my ISP can't sustain its connection in the evenings, Powermail's inability to deal properly with a prematurely broken connection is not acceptable.
PM has many quirks in its interface that I don't like but can live with because it does its core job in a solid fashion. But this issue means that I am losing email -- something that an email application should never permit. I just received a message from a client that I had been waiting for and it only half came through (because of the severed connection). The connection is re-established, but PM will not retrieve it, so it is lost. Absolutely unacceptable and needs to be fixed as a priority. Rick -- G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.4.7 :: PM 5.5b2 :: 3 pane mode Shark Attack: A Design Studio <www.sharkattack.co.uk> -- Original message: Received from Derry Thompson on 7/11/06 at 17:40 >Sean McBride at [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Sat, 4 Nov 2006 11:12:37 -0500 > >>>For some reason, I've been getting regular internet connection outages >>>at around the same time every night -- nothing to do with Powermail of >>>course, but it does have a side effect. Often the connection goes down >>>during a mail fetch, and I find that I am left with a half-downloaded, >>>broken-icon message. >>> >>>The problem is that if (once service is restored) I use either of PM's >>>options for dealing with this message -- 'Retrieve completely now' or >>>'Retrieve completely at next connection' -- the message is NOT retrieved >>>but it's Status icon changes to indicate that it is no longer on the >>>server. So it's lost, and I have no way to know whether it was just spam >>>or a request for me to do a billion dollars worth of design work for the >>>Apple. (I know, I know.) >> >>I reported the exact same problem to this list on Oct 24. I'm glad >>someone else is having the problem. :) It's happened both at home on my >>Mac Pro and at work on my G5. Two entirely different network setups/ >>servers/etc.
