Hi Manuel POP quiz! If a weasel goes POP, what manner of beast goes IMAP? A really evil badger, perhaps?
And is it just me, or does the fact that IMAP is an anagram of MAPI strike anyone else as horribly sinister? ;) >> IIRC, someone posted to the list some time ago about messages sent via IMAP >> being reproduced many times. MB> There were many messages that described this odd behavior. I myself wrote MB> something about that, but at this time, I could stick it to MB> synchronization. Aha! Now that you mention it, me too. :) Just tested all the options, and no synchronisation is the only way I don't get dupes. MB> That means, I didn't get any duplicates since I turned synchronization off. MB> Before that I synchronized new headers only. But please don't ask me why I MB> did that. ;) Wh- Wh- Wh- OK, you win - I won't ask. :) I thought it might improve performance. I was wrong. :) MB> This is a good example for your last paragraph and your hint to hiding MB> information and Model-View-Controller. IMO there are far to much options - MB> synchronization for example with 6 different options is very confusing. I suppose the IMAP protocol offers the options, so perhaps the team feel they ought to include them all. Perhaps if one has a lot more IMAP experience - or with an updated help file - it's a piece of cake. I certainly feel I need to do more work on understanding the intricacies of IMAP to make the most out of betaing TB! using IMAP. >> Anyway, I spotted this problem with my account in the following >> circumstances. MB> Hmm, I couldn't reproduce it at that time in any way. I was just normal that MB> each new and/or non-cached message showed up at least twice times. It pretty much happened every time I replied to anything anywhere - but not when I created a new message from scratch. I tried corresponding with three different accounts with varying permutations of To, Cc and Bcc, with and without subject and/or body, and the same thing happened every time. (Didn't post all those, because I thought my message had already gone on so long it should've received a Big Fat Trout just for waffling, even if it was on topic. :) ) MB> This was valid for all folders and especially annoying in tbbeta, when there MB> were 60 really new messages and I had to cope with about 120 messages... :/ Nasty. >> 1. Sent a subscription request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the >> IMAP account. >> A single copy of the message appeared in the Sent folder. MB> Just to make it a bit shorter. For me this would certainly have been a MB> duplicate too. Perhaps I just got lucky. :) >> A small sample on which to base an opinion, I know, but FWIW here it is >> anyway. MB> Thank you very much for this huge test and your great briefing. I'm sure MB> others can confirm in that way. Thank you. I'm very happy to be doing it. >> In this case, at least, I suspect this of being a glitch in the UI rather >> than in the send/receive functionality. MB> Now it would be interesting if your tests were based on a bat with MB> synchronization turned on or off. Most (do I have to say all?!) people I MB> know who had problems with message multiplication on IMAP got it sorted out MB> with turning synchronization off. I'll join those ranks. :) MB> As noticed in my first paragraph - this is too much. A German "saying" would MB> be "well meant". Don't know if this fit's for English too. I think it does, yes. And ICAM. MB> This is a function-overflow for both, technical and non-technical users. One MB> just doesn't know how to use which option and what effect belongs to an MB> option. Agreed. I think this is one of those occasions on which it would be nice to have a 'basic' UI with 'advanced' options set apart. MB> I needed help to get TB! working with IMAP as far as TB! can. The ones I MB> "learnt" from needed help themselves or just went like trial & error. ;) TAE has been my approach to date. I think now, though, it's time for a little research. :) In the next exciting episode, I knit a nice warm hat for the winter using only broken threads. :) -- Groetjes Natasha The Bat! 3.5.26 on Windows XP Professional 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.26 | '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/
