Hello Thomas, It was foretold that on Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 10:57 GMT +0700, Thomas F. [TF] would type:
TF> Are you sure about this? It means that the next mail will be TF> downloaded only if the previous one has been processed through the TF> filters; Yup, that is correct. TF> and if the filter calls an external program with "wait for TF> program completion" marked, downloading must be halted during that TF> program's execution. That's how it works. If you use Marck's SpamCop filters, you can see this in action very easily. Just watch what happens as the response filter spawns the batch file that runs IE. TF> I don't think this would be a very wise algorithm, that's why I ask TF> whether you know or assume TB acts like that. It happens all the time here. I use VBScripts for various things and if I change mail directories or something without updating the scripts, I get this happening. The script fails (silently) but the script process continues to run, so TB seems to hang. If you kill the script forcibly, then TB can be "revived". TF> Apart from that, the Connection Center would still show the running TF> task, wouldn't it? Yes, but it isn't obvious why the CC is stopped. It is easy to blame TB when it really is the external program's fault. TF> And that task would be killable by hitting Delete TF> or Abort. Nope. Try it. Make a simple .bat script that has one line containing "Pause". Then run it from a broad filter. Watch what happens when the filter is invoked before you manually kill the script's window. TF> FWIW there were no filters calling any external programs or TF> scripts when the problem occurred on my box a couple of months TF> back. The running task was definitely the Connection Center TF> itself. Which is why I said, just another thing to check. I've had the problem you're describing too, but typically, I've found that to be killable with the Abort/Delete buttons. The only time *I've* experienced a non-killable "hang" is with a misbehaving script. Again, I'm talking only about the current version. I will not presume to discuss previous versions. -- Thanks for writing, Januk Aggarwal Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A This sentence lets you know this page was not a mistake. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
