I am back to trying TB's IMAP now that Mulberry is toast. Incidentally, shouldn't the business folks at Ritlabs recognize that there are a bunch of potential new customers in the market, given Mulberry's demise, and a BIG FIRM commitment to fast errorless IMAP by Ritlabs would be a good strategy to get those folks money?
Following were the troubles I had in the first half hour using TB! I am using Fastmail's servers, I have two accounts with them, one for business and one for personal. I have fast connections and have folders set to FULL syncro. 1. The last time I tried TB, on Fastmail's server I had shared folder in one account so I would not have to log into both. Today, I could not get those folders removed from either (manage or read) list until I unsubscribed from each and everyone of them. This is despite the fact that the server was reporting the folders did not exist. 2. I have messages marked read in "0" seconds (instantly I guess). This does not work sometimes. The folder will be bold as if there is a new message, but none of them are new. I have to switch away from the folder and switch back. Not a deal breaker, but annoying. 3. I log into my work account from two machines. I have both machines set up to do a full synchronization so I do not have to wait to read mail. When I work on one machine, delete and read mail, then log out and switch back to the other machine and do a purge and compress, the folder shows up as broken. Again, not a deal breaker, but annoying. 4. The manage folders list is clumsy. I typically want to change a bunch of folder to the same settings. I have to do each one independently (perhaps there is a way to do this I am unaware of). It would be nice to be able to select a bunch of folder and apply the settings to all folders. 5. I installed new account, my work account, which has about 500MB of messages on the server. I set up the account to do full synchro. I was unable to read mail on this account for a while. The folders showed up as having messages, but clicking on them showed none. Now, perhaps this is nit picking, but making IMAP fast and stable is a higher priority to me than fancy new features. 6. NON-IMAP Thought, AS A LOW PRIORITY, it would be nice to be able to download and view images in messages which meet certain criteria or for which a button is pushed. Certainly, IMAP having no bugs and being fast and stable would be much better. 7. New messages arriving to an open folder to not thread, they show up at the bottom of the list, sometimes at least. If this is helpful, I will report more thoughts after more use. I would very much like everyone at Ritlabs to use nothing but IMAP for six months. This cannot hurt Ritlabs, excepting your productivity if your product has opportunities for improvement that you would then quickly recognize. -- Best regards, John Thomas Using The Bat! v3.61.09 Echo (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.61.09 (Echo) | '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/
