Friday the 13th bug?
Hello TBUDL! The following happened to me, and I don't have an explanation. However, I would like to know whether someone has made the same experience when downloading from Myrealbox with TB. On Friday in the office, I downloaded my ML stuff (from the account @myrealbox.com) just fine, leaving mail on server as usual. When I got home, I couldn't download to my home machine. Connection Center opened, connected to server, got number of messages, and started to download message 1/67, 2882 byte. Speed showed 70 cps. All of 43 bytes of the first message were downloaded, and the download seemed to hang, but speed still showed 70 cps. This was reproducable and still is up to now. During each mail session, TB creates litterally hundreds of files bat.tmp in the Windows\temp directory, with being a hex number in sequence (! - not random as usual). Size of the files is 0. I just counted: 70 such files were created with the time stamp 15:29 today. I delete task or abort the ConCenter (after ten minutes or so, still being at byte 43), and the size of the file to download makes some weird jumps in the display, 2075 - 3856, 2595 etc for a few seconds until the ConCenter really shuts down. I can imagine that these are the sizes of subsequent messages, but don't know. I connected with the mail despatcher instead, in order to just delete the first message. The mail despatcher needs a very long time (over 10 minutes) until it shows me a list of headers with the From, subject, etc information missing (unkown). This is funny because when I try to download straight, the sender of the first message is actually shown in the Connection Center. I tried to delete the first message from server. Take the tickmark off the receive tickbox but leave it in the delete tickbox. Next time I try to download messages, the first message is still the same one, no deletion has happened. I used the telnet application and connected to the smtp server on port 110, and all went well: LIST showed the message list (only the message sizes for some reason, but that can be their setup). RETR 1 shows me a listing of the first message, with headers and all. DELE 1 is my command. Then QUIT. I hit F2 in TB, and TB is again trying to download the same first message. I has not been deleted. OK, webmail. I log in to http://myrealbox.com . The newest messages are shown first, no problem, I read them. I get back to the older ones, and at almost the last page (each page containing a listing of 10 mails), it hangs again. When the pages downloaded into my browser very fast, suddenly I nothing moves anymore. I stop download and try to backtrack or even logout, but my options are down to just closing IE. It appears that only messages received on Friday the 13th cause the problem. Since the POP protocol does not allow skip the first 15 messages, and I have no way of deleting them, my only way out was to create a new account (this one here). I have no problems whatsoever retrieving incoming messages. Does anybody have any explanation? -- Ciao, Thomas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Generated with The Bat! 1.53d under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 using an Intel Celeron 366 Mhz, 128MB RAM -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Friday the 13th bug?
On 7/15/2001, Thomas F wrote: Hello TBUDL! The following happened to me, and I don't have an explanation. However, I would like to know whether someone has made the same experience when downloading from Myrealbox with TB. I'm no expert, but I think the explanation is a simple one: all Myrealbox users should have received (I got one Saturday) an email from Myrealbox... the service was developed as a testing area for new software and hardware, and they are actively doing both at this time. As a result, there may be issues with the server being down or very slow, and assorted wierdness when trying to retrieve, read or send mail through either your deskyop client or the web interface. -- Regards, Don Zeigler ...To goldly bow... **CUT** To gladly mow...CUT -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Friday the 13th bug?
Hello Don, On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 09:39:20 -0400 GMT (15/07/2001, 21:39 +0800 GMT), Don Zeigler wrote: DZ I'm no expert, but I think the explanation is a simple one: all Myrealbox DZ users should have received (I got one Saturday) an email from Myrealbox... That was a day after the problem started, so I haven't downloaded that mail... but thanks. f'up2tbot -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. OK, so what's the speed of dark? Message reply created with The Bat! 1.53d under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 using an Intel Celeron 366Mhz, 128MB RAM -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Friday the 13th bug?
Hey Thomas, Sunday, July 15, 2001, 6:09:57 AM, my MUA believes you used The Bat! (v1.53d) Personal to write: TF Hello TBUDL! TF The following happened to me, and I don't have an explanation. TF However, I would like to know whether someone has made the same TF experience when downloading from Myrealbox with TB. TF On Friday in the office, I downloaded my ML stuff (from the account TF @myrealbox.com) just fine, leaving mail on server as usual. When I TF got home, I couldn't download to my home machine. TF Connection Center opened, connected to server, got number of messages, TF and started to download message 1/67, 2882 byte. Speed showed 70 cps. TF All of 43 bytes of the first message were downloaded, and the download TF seemed to hang, but speed still showed 70 cps. This was reproducable TF and still is up to now. TF During each mail session, TB creates litterally hundreds of files TF bat.tmp in the Windows\temp directory, with being a hex TF number in sequence (! - not random as usual). Size of the files is 0. TF I just counted: 70 such files were created with the time stamp 15:29 TF today. TF I delete task or abort the ConCenter (after ten minutes or so, still TF being at byte 43), and the size of the file to download makes some TF weird jumps in the display, 2075 - 3856, 2595 etc for a few seconds TF until the ConCenter really shuts down. I can imagine that these are TF the sizes of subsequent messages, but don't know. TF I connected with the mail despatcher instead, in order to just delete TF the first message. The mail despatcher needs a very long time (over 10 TF minutes) until it shows me a list of headers with the From, subject, TF etc information missing (unkown). This is funny because when I try TF to download straight, the sender of the first message is actually TF shown in the Connection Center. TF I tried to delete the first message from server. Take the tickmark off TF the receive tickbox but leave it in the delete tickbox. Next time TF I try to download messages, the first message is still the same one, TF no deletion has happened. TF I used the telnet application and connected to the smtp server on port TF 110, and all went well: LIST showed the message list (only the TF message sizes for some reason, but that can be their setup). RETR 1 TF shows me a listing of the first message, with headers and all. DELE 1 TF is my command. Then QUIT. TF I hit F2 in TB, and TB is again trying to download the same first TF message. I has not been deleted. TF OK, webmail. I log in to http://myrealbox.com . The newest messages TF are shown first, no problem, I read them. I get back to the older TF ones, and at almost the last page (each page containing a listing of TF 10 mails), it hangs again. When the pages downloaded into my browser TF very fast, suddenly I nothing moves anymore. I stop download and try TF to backtrack or even logout, but my options are down to just closing TF IE. TF It appears that only messages received on Friday the 13th cause the TF problem. TF Since the POP protocol does not allow skip the first 15 messages, TF and I have no way of deleting them, my only way out was to create a TF new account (this one here). I have no problems whatsoever retrieving TF incoming messages. TF Does anybody have any explanation? Unfortunately, it looks like you have had some of the problems MRB was expecting during their upgrades. MRB is actually how Novell is testing their NIMS product, and they sent out a message during the week last week (I got one in each of my MRB accounts, but on different days). Basically, they are upgrading to the new version which should have lots of new features, but this will mean potential problems and unavailability for all of July and possibly part of August (I think they said 30 days.). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! (http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/) eMail v1.53d Windows NT 5.0.2195 (Service Pack 1) According to my dogs, the devil is alive and well and living in my vacuum cleaner. NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
