[antispam-f] Re: AntiSpam 1.59

  • From: Frank de Bruijn <antispam@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:06:02 +0100

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


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