Re[2]: Won't check for new messages (fixed!)

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Hello John De Hoog,
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:16:31 +0900 GMT your local time,
which was Friday, January 28, 2000, 6:16:31 AM (GMT+0700) my local time,
John De Hoog wrote:


> I wrote...

JDH>>   I have a permanent Internet connection, so no dialup problems, but
JDH>>   for some reason The Bat won't check for new mail automatically. I
JDH>>   have to do so manually.

>It now works properly. After setting up TheBat for the first
>time, I had never actually closed down the program. I tried exiting
>and then restarting, and now it checks mail automatically just fine.
>Thanks for all the help. (Does this count as a bug?)

Quite a few options set in the Bat only work after a restart of the
program.



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Re[2]: Won't check for new messages (fixed!)

[John De Hoog]

Januk wrote...

JA>  Just out of curiosity, about how much mail do you download in a
JA>  typical 36 hours straight?  The reason I ask is, the other person who
JA>  complained about this bug was downloading upwards of 1000 messages a
JA>  day.  I'm wondering if perhaps The Bat encounters some upward limit
JA>  on the number of messages downloaded in one session then decides to
JA>  quit.  This seems unlikely, but since there are so few people who can
JA>  do this test, it would be nice to get as much information as possible
JA>  about the conditions when the bug occurs.

I certainly don't get 1,000 in that time, though a few hundred for
sure. However, I'm dividing the load right now between The Bat! and
EdMax, with the latter getting mostly Japanese mail.

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 John De Hoog, Tokyo
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Re[2]: Won't check for new messages (fixed!)

[John De Hoog]

Januk wrote...

JA>  Actually this is problem that has been encountered before, but for
JA>  some reason it never generated much useful discussion on the list. I
JA>  guess not too many people can afford to leave their Internet
JA>  connections on long enough to verify this bug. If you don't mind
JA>  running a couple of tests, someone had previously mentioned that when
JA>  they left TB running for more than 36 hours straight, then TB would
JA>  stop checking mail automatically. Unfortunately I can't test this
JA>  myself, but if you can verify this behaviour, it might be worth
JA>  reporting to the developers.

 Will do. I'll get back to you in another 36 hours or so. ^-^;

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