In article <b8383b854e.ricp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Porter <ricp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 13 Nov 2006 I wrote: > > There's one thing I'm not sure if I can do, but I think not. I would > > like to get an error message immediately if I've made a mistake in the > > Rules file. However if I don't suppress errors and AS fails to connect > > to MinusNet (the well-known internet disservice provider) I get an > > error box popping up which inhibits the screensaver. This is a > > nuisance if I leave the machine unattended. Therefore it would be > > helpful to separate out user errors and network/server errors. > > > > I've now gone back to not reporting errors as the Idle icon seems to > > have acquired an "X" if an error has occurred which is a very good > > idea. At least I assume that's what it's for as I couldn't see it in > > the help files. > It's not quite as I thought. I've ticked "Only log errors" but I'm > still getting pop-up errors for "Timed out while logging in" or > "Unable to connect to host". That shouldn't happen and it surely doesn't here. Do you have more than one mailbox? Has this option become unset for one of them perhaps? > One consequence of this is that AntiSpam waits for the error to be > acknowledge so it will not try again at the next scheduled run. Would > it be possible just to log the error and try again after the specified > interval? That's how it works here. Well, more or less anyway. The interval is the 'Run every' value. Regards, Frank