Hi Everyone, I continue to appreciate TB's interface and many features, some of which I don't even use! However, the following issues involving TB and Gmail's IMAP features are such regular nuisances that I have finally and reluctantly decided to use Thunderbird (probably) and/or Opera (less likely) for my Gmail IMAP account, which is my primary email service:
1) TB's inability to retrieve many message bodies whenever there is a sizeable queue for the Inbox. I get an error regularly saying, more or less, "unable to retrieve messages (or message bodies) due to processing error." 2) TB's being disconnected from the IMAP server after some period of time, and then no more mail arrives, even though I have set no preference to shut down the connection after "X" minutes of inactivity. In the above cases, I can only clear the situation by shutting down TB and then restarting, and in some cases, problem 1) still recurs after downloading some of the queue. Then I have to shut down and restart TB again to get the rest of the queued messages. I do not know if these TB issues are true ONLY for Gmail's IMAP system (as opposed to other IMAP mail systems), but I do know that they don't occur (for me) with either Thunderbird or Opera's Mail component. I like TB's interface and available user options better than either Thunderbird's or Opera's, but the IMAP hang-ups of TB (at its present stage of development) are becoming more and more time consuming and frustrating. I do plan to stay on this list, I might add, just to see when TB's IMAP feature gets "new life." And I will add that TB's IMAP folder management is better than Thunderbird's or Opera's, in my experience. -- Take care, Bob -- "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." This is our function, our challenge, our fulfillment - to accept, enjoy and share. Using The Bat! 4.1.11.3 Windows XP 5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 4.1.11.2 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
