On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 12:00, Benjamin Kahn wrote: > Dan, > Actually, wouldn't better behavior be that it makes a dialog which > looks like this?:
That would probably work. At least it's better than forgetting the password. It doesn't really affect me anymore since I use a local IMAP server with getmail to download it, but this seems like a decent solution (which is basically I think what Larry Ewing also proposed). Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > | Enter Password for KirseAtCvc | > | | > | ? Unable to connect to POP server mail.viborgnet.dk. | > | Error sending password: -ERR /var/mail/.srv0332-03.pop | > | lock busy! Is another session active? (35) | > | | > | Please enter the POP password for [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | [******** ] | > | [X] Remember this password | > |------------------------------------------------------------------| > | [ OK ] [ Forget Saved Password ] [ Cancel ] | > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 13:08, Dan Hensley wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 11:00, Richard Bellavance wrote: > > > > > > That's a POP3-server-generated message. It basically means someone > > > (heopfully you :-) is already reading your mailbox. One cause of this > > > could be a very large mailbox (are you set with "leave mail on server" > > > ?) on a very busy server. Sometimes the server will not have time to > > > reset its state (i.e. recopy your mailbox) before you try to read it > > > again. How often do you check you mail ? > > > > > > Anyhow, definitely not an Evolution problem... > > > > Maybe not technically, but what the original poster is complaining about > > is the fact that Evo forgets the password. This is tremendously > > annoying, especially if your POP server isn't all that reliable (which > > is the case too often, and frequently there's nothing the user can do > > about it). What would be much nicer is if Evo would parse the returned > > error message for certain types and then not forget the password in > > cases like this where the password is not the problem. I think Evo may > > do this already, but I'm not sure. If not it sure would be nice... > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > -- > > > Richard Bellavance COGNICASE inc. > > > Analyste-programmeur principal Hébergement, sécurité et réseaux > > > T.: 514-732-8000 #4153 20, Place du Commerce > > > F.: 514-732-8021 Verdun, Qc, H3E 1Z6, CANADA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
