Hi Everyone
IIRC, someone posted to the list some time ago about messages sent via IMAP
being reproduced many times. I only wish I could find the MID, but no luck so
far.
Anyway, I spotted this problem with my account in the following circumstances.
1. Sent a subscription request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the IMAP
account.
A single copy of the message appeared in the Sent folder.
2. Received a reply from [EMAIL PROTECTED] requesting
confirmation of the subscription request.
A single copy of the reply appeared in the IMAP account's Inbox.
3. Replied to the confirmation request.
29 copies of the confirmation message appeared in the IMAP account's Sent
folder, all with the same MID and AFAICT precisely the same content.
4. Deleted the 29 confirmation messages.
A single copy of the confirmation message appeared in the IMAP account's
Trash folder.
Realised too late that I ought to have checked how many of the confirmation
requests I could see in the Inbox. Apologies.
So off I went and did a little bit of testing, as follows.
1. Sent a message (let's call it M1) using Message/New from my IMAP account to
a POP account.
A single copy of M1 appeared in the IMAP account's Sent folder.
A single copy of M1 was received by the POP account.
2. Replied to M1 using the POP account - let's call the reply M2.
A single copy of M2 appeared in the POP account's Sent folder.
A single copy of M2 was received by the IMAP account.
3. Replied to the reply using the IMAP account - and I'll call this one M3.
Two copies of M3 appeared in the IMAP account's Sent folder.
Both copies of M3 had the same MID - exactly the same content AFAICT.
Two copies of M2 now appeared in the Inbox.
A single copy of M3 was received by the POP account.
4. Deleted all copies of M3 from the IMAP account's Sent folder.
A single copy of M3 appeared in the IMAP account's Trash folder.
5. Deleted all copies of M2 from the IMAP account's Sent folder.
A single copy of M2 appeared in the IMAP account's Trash folder.
A small sample on which to base an opinion, I know, but FWIW here it is anyway.
In this case, at least, I suspect this of being a glitch in the UI rather than
in the send/receive functionality.
Personally, I'd like to see as much of the Control and Model (in OOP MVC terms)
portions of TB! hidden entirely from the user. At the moment, for example,
IMAP'S folder management system is very much exposed to the user rather than
having the Control code subclassed to respond in an IMAP- or POP-Model-specific
way to the same elements in the View (UI). Firstly as an aid to usability and a
smooth transition between POP and IMAP for non-technical users, and secondly
because I think it would make the code smaller and easier to maintain/upgrade.
Just my take, of course, and I know not everyone's necessarily as rabid as am I
about this sort of thing. I'm also acutely aware that I'm not at the front line
of trying to squeeze POP and IMAP into a single program on a tight deadline with
a shedload of other priorities snapping at my heals - IOW, I know I'm being a
terrible back seat coder. :)
Thanks for reading.
--
Groetjes
Natasha
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