Hello Joseph, On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 20:25:11 -0500 GMT (07/10/2003, 08:25 +0700 GMT), Joseph N. wrote:
> Now, however, that behavior has changed, so that messages are often > downloaded twice. Since this is occurring in both MUA's, I assume > that the problem lies with the mail service. Each message on the server receives a UID. When TB checks for mail, it will ask the server for the UIDL - the list of unique identifiers. TB will then look into its own database (in one of the account.* files) to see whether it has already downloaded the message with that UID. If so, it will not be downloaded again. If the UID is not found, TB will download the message. Some servers re-assign UIDs. So, a message that has a certain UID now will have another UID tomorrow. I don't know what may be the advantage of this. > Given the lack of helpful support in the past from this mail > service, I would like to suggest a source or two of the problem. > Based on what I've written above, are there likely causes of the > repeated downloading problem? I hope the above helps (and I hope it is the cause, too). IMHO they have either changed their mail server software to something that cannot keep static UIDs or they have misconfigured something. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Have you had your Hard drive axle checked for alignment? Message reply created with The Bat! 2.00.22 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00.6 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
