Paul Raybould suggested: >Sometimes we rant and work for solutions for things that are unique to >our particular situation. I recently had server-related issues that I >brought to this forum - thinking PM was the problem... when it wasn't. Well. I have looked at this problem very carefully. This set of problems have been there server after server (including my own), account after account, PM version after version and fresh database or not since 2004 at least. You have no idea what's behind this kind of problem. If PM is not to blame, then why would another email application not display this problem with the same account and the same data on the same server? At least after some time as with PM, the same set problem would be likely to reappear.
Granted, this is a hard problem to track down. It has not manifested on all accounts all the time, just on a few and have been somewhat elusive. That's one reason why its resolution needed cooperation. >In the decade I've used PM... I never had the issue you describe. As far as you can tell, yes. But the thing is how do you know that you have missed a message? The very possibility that this could occur is not something you want to feel about an email application. Nor do you want tens of thousands of duplicates of messages because your connection dropped off. Maybe POP is to blame in the end, but then again why doesn't this problem creep up in other POP email applications I've tried? I once started using PowerMail because I wanted an app that wouldn't get between me an my email. PowerMail is still very nice in theory, but in practice it have become nuisance and a timewaster for me. I need my time so I need to stop using it for new messages. I suppose I'll keep it for most of the old ones. I'm still fond of the basics of the interface, perhaps because I've been using macs for so long it feels familiar and friendly in most aspects. MB Technoids: PM 6.0.5 build 4621 sv | OS X 10.5.8 | PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 | 4GB / 1.5TB/MB /MB
