Kevin J. Menard, Jr. wrote: > I'm sorry, but I'm finding this hard to swallow. This same message > was relayed when tb! 2.0 was released, particularly with regards to > IMAP support. Don't get me wrong, I know the support is there, but > one only needs to scan the archives to see that most IMAP users find > it subpar. I realize a lot of people don't care about IMAP, but this > is just an example of how many users, including myself, bought into > the idea of purchasing the software now with the promise of enhanced > functionality later on. I'd like to see the promises made a year ago > fulfilled before I buy into a new set of them. Or, rather, don't make > promises that can't be upheld. If I bought a piece of software with > known defects, that's my fault and I got what I paid for. But if I > buy a piece of software with known defects and promises to fix them, I > start pointing the finger in the other direction . . .
I'm with Kevin on this since I'm an IMAP user and the last official v2 release has pretty bad IMAP bugs, bugs that just about drove *me* away from using TB!. The last few 2.13 betas have not been bad from an IMAP perspective and with NFS support disabled, v2.13 beta/7 and 8 represent TB! with the best IMAP support it has ever offered. Not to say that there still aren't problems. I'd be really upset for users if the next official release were a v3, with the last v2 released being left so buggy in fundamental ways for IMAP. The two main bugs I'm referring to are the Invalid HTML errors and the disruption of the IMAP message list when new messages are added while browsing. At least leave a version 2 that will not drive the IMAP user crazy while trying to simply read their mail. It's sort of upsetting that we now upgrade to get bug fixes, rather than new features. - Importing messages to an IMAP folder is still only added to the local cache with messages not being uploaded to the server. - moving large amounts of messages from IMAP to local or other accounts IMAP folder is still problematic with hangs occuring in the middle of the process. - filtering is still lack lustre. It works in some sort of a way but it's really flaky in operations. - the server side outbox remains a problem to work with. - lack of new message notifications/alerts These are all pretty basic problems for an IMAP user. I've grown very tolerant of them, but was hoping for fixes before having to pay more. <sigh> -- Allie Martin [List Moderator and Fellow End-User] ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 2.13 Beta/8 | '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/
