Spike, I didn't do any snipping to keep track of the issue. Sorry for anyone who has a slow modem connection.
Sunday, November 14, 2004, 10:16:41 AM, you wrote: MR>> I'm having a nuisance issue with TheBat! I'm using the latest MR>> version although this problem occurred before in 2.x. MR>> Some preliminary info: MR>> - I have my files on my server. The folders 'available offline' so I MR>> can always access them. MR>> - I made the tests below with virus scanning turned off to remove that MR>> as a possible problem. MR>> - I turned off mail checking during the testing (at startup and after MR>> x minutes). MR>> - I removed the spam filter (Bayes Filter) for the tests. MR>> Now the problem: MR>> I log off, disconnect from network, S> When you log off from the network (and your server) you are S> disconnecting TB! from the message bases! MR>> then log and open TheBat! When I close the program, the process MR>> (in Task Manager) ends immediately upon exiting. S> Normal, as the program has been disconnected from its data. The program is not disconnected from it's data. I am using Windows XP 'Offline files'. With it I always have my TB data available, even when I'm not connected to the network. I certainly don't have any connection to the e-mail server (outside of my office). MR>> I log off or restart, connect to network, and log on and open MR>> TheBat! When I close the program, the process (in Task Manager) MR>> takes over 2 minutes to end. S> TB! is probably set to COMPRESS the message bases on exit. Yes, it does compress. After the compress (when a dialog box is plainly showing) the program 'appears' to close. But, upon looking at the Task Manager, there is still a process, 'thebat.exe'. That process remains for about 2 minutes, using CPU cycles. MR>> Another point: Whenever I open TheBat! (in either situation listed MR>> above) it takes about a minute for all the folders to display. MR>> During that time TheBat! process is taking most or all of the CPU MR>> resources. S> You likely have a large amount of messages, which have to be S> re-indexed due to the above mentioned disconnection (possibly S> corruption) of the indexes. I have done a folder maintenance for all folders. Is there another place I should be reindexing the message base? MR>> I'm wondering if there is something fundamentally wrong with the MR>> installation. Should I uninstall and reinstall the program? Is MR>> there another test I should run to figure out why this is MR>> occurring? S> No, this is probably normal, but your habit of disconnecting from the S> message bases will eventually cause message base corruption (or S> worse). S> Let TB! finish its housekeeping before disconnecting from the server S> and hence the message bases. I have seen this before on a client's S> machine. I typically don't close out of the network before TB closes. What I have to do now is wait 2 minutes after TB closes so that it's really out of the active processes. This is sometimes a pain. S> Anyone else have another explanation?? Yes, anyone else.... Thanks. -- Michael Rudnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 3.0.1.33 on Windows 5.1 (2600) Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
