> 06 September 2005 - 21:43 > Hello Tbudl,
> I've just installed/configured PopFile for ten accounts > It's already beginning to do its job. However, intermittantly, TB! > 'hangs' when trying to connect to the last account (in the tree list) > for downloading new mail. > I've changed the order in the tree list but it's always the last > account that hangs > The connection centre won't let me 'delete task' or 'abort all either. > All the accounts are with the same web host (but on different domains > and servers) so it's conceivable that there *is* a problem at that end > but their status page shows that all is well. > The only way I can shut down TB! is ctrl/alt/del. > Has anyone seen this before? Indeed they have! It's what is commonly known as a 'feature' by the Ritlab writing team who seem unable to grasp the fact that they need to attend to critical bugs which risk the loss of all data. They are perfectly happy tarting things up, designing mobile phone graphics and announcing non-existent products. But deal with bugs, useability problems and basic requests for actually improving the interface in real ways - that's entirely beyond them. You could try this from Mica: <QUOTE> There is a shorter way to fix this thing. Make a backup (export) of the Registry entry for The Bat [TB] when the said window functions properly, and when it get stuck again just delete the current Reg. entry and activate/merge/import the Registry entry you have backup-ed. It fixes the nasty thing (providing that you in the meantime have nothing significantly changed in TB's settings; otherwise these changes will be lost). So, since the reason/instruction for TB's behavior is in the Registry entry, a new installation will not change it, _until_ you have the entry deleted before the installation. This behavior else, is an issue with so many versions so I doubt that it would pay to search for a "stable" one, as for this detail. </QUOTE> ...but it only works for an hour or so for me and it has to be done again. So I've gone back to v3.5.25 which is the last 'improvement' version that doesn't behave in this crappy way - for me and at least some others. -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web Design www.annerykiln.co.uk Using The Bat! 3.5.25 with POPFile 0.22.1 on Windows XP 5.1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.60.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
