Alan Harper suggested: >Perhaps this is what is happening > >PowerMail decides to get mail >You decide to quit while it is getting mail >PowerMail puts up a dialog warning you >PowerMail finishes getting mail >PowerMail closes the dialog for you, and then quits > >This is the behavior I have seen (I don't use IMAP), and it seems >consistent and useful to me, and exactly what I want PM to do.
Well, no this dialog is specific to IMAP I'm pretty sure (I'll have to dig around to be 100% sure). Using an IMAP account means you're connected all the time. When you're not connected you can't read your messages as they are on the server. The main issue: What's this dialog about if not to remind the user that they are connected and have the choice "Quit Anyway" or "Abort"? I have NEVER managed to get to abort the few times I actually wanted to. What's he rationale behind and the well adviced choice behind having PM show a dialog indicating user interaction and then "close the dialog" within seconds. How is that sound interface design, Alan? It's of course possible that the dialog concerns itself with *any* connection and treats IMAP as the bastard child and second citizen as PM normally does along the lines you suggest. The dialog is still not well advised interface design, I think. Either way I'd prefer either some PM waiting time to actually be able to get to "abort" if that is what the user wants, or the dialog not to be shown because of an IMAP-connection. Mikael Technoids: PM 5.5.3 build 4480 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.4 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4 / 400 | 1GB | 80GB
