Re: IMAP: Got worse with RC2/RC4
Hi Raymund Tump, On Friday, May 06, 2005, you wrote: Hello TBBETA, I didn't think that possible, but now IMAP is worse than ever. Normally I start The Bat! find there are many new mails on the TB Beta list, click on the folder list for the TBBeta folder and if I'm lucky I get a list of all messages in that folder. Then I find a subject which sounds interesting, and I click on that one. Till RC2 this works up to a certain degree: After a (long) while the message text was shown in the message window. Now that doesn't happen most of the times. Here are some entries from the log: [..] 06.05.2005, 16:12:06: IMAP - 3: The folder Tbbeta selected. 584 recent, 0 unread out of 18246 total messages !06.05.2005, 16:12:09: IMAP - 2: Error downloading message. Server reports: SELECT Cannot access mailbox - cannot open mailbox 'fol.tbudl': unable to lock index - Resource temporarily unavailable 06.05.2005, 16:12:15: IMAP - 2: The folder Tbbeta selected. 584 recent, 714 unread out of 18246 total messages 06.05.2005, 16:12:16: IMAP - 1: The folder Tbbeta selected. 584 recent, 0 unread out of 18246 total messages [..] !06.05.2005, 16:16:02: IMAP - Msg: Cannot select the mailbox Tbbeta. Server reports: SELECT Cannot access mailbox - cannot open mailbox 'fol.tbbeta': unable to lock index - Resource temporarily unavailable I have set 5 connections to the server and 1 is reserved for message retrieval (which I think is not working) and if I test it using the Test button in the IMAP fine tuning dialog pane, it says No problems. I'm not sure how the test function works, but I'm assuming it probably just opens the number of connections you specified without doing much real work, like attempting to select the same folder with two connections. The problem in this situation is your IMAP server doesn't support multiple connections accessing the same mail box. This isn't too uncommon, especially not on imap servers that use a single file to store messages (ie mbox), as it cannot allow two sources modify the same single file at once. Looking at the above log messages, the initial connections are established, and the threads run off to do their STATUS check to find out the message count etc. At which point you're selecting the tbbeta folder as it is attempting to do a count. There is another time you can get this kind of message... When you are receiving a message into that folder at the same time you are attempting to select it. The SMTP service will cause a mailbox lock at the same time you're trying to acquire a read lock. You could try reducing the chances of collisions on the connections by reducing the count to maybe 2, and setting one dedicated to loading messages, and see if that helps. I unfortunately cannot confirm your views on the instability of IMAP in RC4, as I have been using it just fine for a bit, but then again, I don't have an IMAP server that requires locking, at least not on the whole mailbox, but single files might be a possibility (Maildir format). -- Jonathan Angliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpNNpiha1OZk.pgp Description: PGP signature Current beta is 3.5 Return RC/5 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: IMAP: Got worse with RC2/RC4
Hi, I absolutely agree. IMAP is a disaster with RC4 in my environment. I get frequently similar error messages with my two IMAP accounts. -- Regards Michael TheBat!3.5 RC4(ProfessionalEdition)onWindows2000SP4 Current beta is 3.5 Return RC/4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: IMAP: Got worse with RC2/RC4
Hi Raymund, RT I have set 5 connections to the server and 1 is reserved for message RT retrieval (which I think is not working) and if I test it using the RT Test button in the IMAP fine tuning dialog pane, it says No RT problems. It doesn't guarantee anything so, try to play with Fine-Tune option 'Simulate folder lock'. Notice: it needs program restart to be applied. -- 9Val Current beta is 3.5 Return RC/4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: IMAP: Got worse with RC2/RC4
Hello 9Val, It doesn't guarantee anything so, try to play with Fine-Tune option 'Simulate folder lock'. Notice: it needs program restart to be applied. That did not help. And I found a new problem: I deleted the folder cache. That caused TB! to get a new list from the server that went rather fast (my TBBeta folder has 18268 entries in it right now), but then it starts to download the headers and that will take ages as far as I can see. For 5 headers TB needs more than 30 sec. each. And I had a problem which I thought was already fixed: I click on a mail and another mail content was shown. The mail shown was the mail I look at directly before. This happened in the extra folder view window, as the normal 3 pane layout refused to show the mail anyway. -- Regards, Raymund Current beta is 3.5 Return RC/4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: IMAP: Got worse with RC2/RC4
Hi Raymund Tump - On Fri, 6 May 2005, at 17:33:02 [GMT +0200] (which was 8:33 AM where I live) you wrote: And I found a new problem: I deleted the folder cache. That caused TB! to get a new list from the server that went rather fast (my TBBeta folder has 18268 entries in it right now), but then it starts to download the headers and that will take ages as far as I can see. For 5 headers TB needs more than 30 sec. each. And I had a problem which I thought was already fixed: I click on a mail and another mail content was shown. The mail shown was the mail I look at directly before. This happened in the extra folder view window, as the normal 3 pane layout refused to show the mail anyway. Pretty much the same problems here as has been mentioned in other threads. For all intents and purposes, IMAP doesn't work in this release (for me, anyway). -- Best Regards, Kevin PGP Keys: idap://keyserver.pgp.com idap://europe.keys.pgp.com:11370 Using The Bat! v3.5 Return RC2 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 pgppuyXNNtfyD.pgp Description: PGP signature Current beta is 3.5 Return RC/4 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
