atw: Re: Lost tip: emails 'period-doubling'
- From: "Naomi Kramer" <nkr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:31:51 +1000
Usually, on a decent ISP, it's a too-large email and a too-small timeout
setting (in the email program) that cause the problem. From what I've
seen, most email programs download all email, THEN delete all
downloaded messages from the server.
If you want to circumvent this problem, most email programs have an
option to download only the headers of all emails (or all unread emails)
and display a list... you can then pick which to download and which to
delete from the server without downloading.
HTH
- Naomi
> Michael Granat wrote on August 20, 2004 12:05 PM
>
> >> Not something that I have ever encountered with my ISP
> >> (Pacific Internet).
>
> I have, using Zip, a Pacific internet company.
>
> = I now normally download all messages into OUTLOOK
> (until recently, OE). I know, both are flaky Microsloth
> products. Outlook seems now to be the least worst PIM for
> my current needs.
>
> = The download seems to get stuck on a message, discontinue,
> and then restart without any warning. The restart starts
> to download messages from the beginning, including messages
> that have already been downloaded.
>
> = That cycle is repeated until I log into their web mail,
> delete and then expunge all messages I don't really
> want.
>
> = Then the problem *goes away*. Obviously, so far,
> I've managed to delete/expunge the message that
> is causing the glitch. But I have no real idea
> which message (if any) really caused the problem.
>
> = If I call their help desk before trying my web mail
> fix, they can sometimes fix the problem but they
> can't seem explain exactly what they did. :-)
>
> The above work-around maintains my (related) sanity.
>
> And yes. I too would like to figure out how I can
> really avoid what seems to be a similar problem.
>
> Thanks...
> Paul RETI
> Sydney Australia.
>
>
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