On Saturday, July 02, 2005 at 10:52:29 AM [GMT -0500], Manuel Breitfeld wrote:
> What's so curious about your inbox? Why does it differ from other > folders? And what works better with an empty inbox? It's a curious problem. - I start TB! and there are for example 5 messages in the Inbox. - I select the Inbox and start reading/deleting mail. - The Inbox counts do not reflect the changes even though the deleted messages disappear from the list and the read messages are flagged as read in the list. The Inbox counter is still stuck at 5 unread with a total of 5 messages. It will remain that way indefinitely. The CC usually shows some hung Inbox tasks. I can also continue to browse the other mailboxes without any problems at all. - To fix the Inbox count, I have to disconnect and then reconnect to the server. At this point the Inbox count switches to what it should be. However, the Inbox again contains the messages I had deleted. However, the deleted messages are not really on the server, but in the cache. So I delete them and finally things are fine. This is highly reproducible for the Inbox, but not for other mailboxes. The way to avoid this happening is to avoid browsing the Inbox soon after starting TB!. It would seem that TB! gets distracted with the other tasks it's doing soon after startup, i.e., going through the other mailboxes, doing mailbox counts and message flags updating. >> So with all these 'workarounds'/avoiding or steering clear of behaviours >> may be creating an impression of tranquility. However, it's artificial >> in that I really shouldn't have to be avoiding features. > This list is impressive. But the more impressive thing is that I do > the same when using TB!... I left out the fact that I don't use virtual folders or plug-ins that could cause inexplicable problems. Things are already too delicate to add more to the mix. I suspect that most others who have TB! working in a meaningful way are making concessions as well. However, on the one hand, we are using TB!. However, on the other hand, we're not really *using* it to its full potential. We avoid buggy behaviour and hence we don't report it, though it's there. For example, I had forgotten about the server side Outbox issue until Gleason reported his problems with it.. >> However, with all that, I still somewhat prefer what it's doing now to >> Mulberry. I'm getting hooked again on the templates and MicroEd so I may >> be getting swooned into tolerating some 'gyrations' to get things >> working Ok. :) > So you're a really tolerative person, aren't you? ;-) Hmmm. Not really. Despite working this way with TB!, I do still marginally prefer working with it than Mulberry. -- -= Allie Martin =- The Bat! v3.5.36 System Specs: http://specs.aimlink.name -=-=- I'm an influential person, gravitationally speaking. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.36 | '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/
