Tim, [T] wrote: > On the most critical account, these were both set at 5 minutes. On > other accounts these were set at longer times, using different prime > numbers of minutes for each account (a practice I developed a few > years ago to avoid too many multiple connections).
Try only using the refresh folder counts option. If you wish to browse a folder, then select it and it will sync for you. I'd stick to sync'ing only headers. > I've had them all set on "Headers only". Tonight I've changed some to > "new Headers only" to see if that makes a difference. In this way the folder will display only unread messages. I thought this may work for me but upon syncing the already sync'd messages that are read are removed from the local cache. > .. With IMAP, I connect to the internet and almost immediately the > message list shows all the new messages. A header only sync. Much less than retrieving headers, body text and attachments. > So I don't go and make coffee; instead I click on the first message, > and then have to wait for it to download, which may involve waiting > for other tasks. Depending on the syncing settings for those other accounts and folders, the waiting could be long. > I'm still downloading the same data as when I used POP (and > therefore the download time ought to be the same) -- it's just a > matter of when the download time occurs. Right. -- -= Allie =- ..... Imagination is more important than knowledge - Einstein ___________________________________________________________________ IMAP Client: The Bat!™ v3.0.0.8 | SquirrelMail WebMail IMAP Server: Mdaemon Pro | OS: Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 2) ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
