Reply from Southsoft!!
Ralph Cohen
pmmail@rpglink.com
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 12:31:31 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:40:40 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:
>>>BUG: Timed Fetch Failure - Sometimes PMMail stops fetching the mail at
>>>the prescribed timed intervals for no apparent reason.
>>
>>Haven't heard, but if it was common as in the mailing list, I'm sure it
>>probably has.
>
>Well, I'm an OS/2 beta tester, and I have the latest beta build, and it
>still does this to me. I have reported it on the beta list and to BoB,
>but so far, no reply.
>
>I find that, sometimes, one or both of my smtp accounts will not fetch.
>I can't say whether this is because the timer is not expiring and
>kicking off the fetch, or because the program can't see any files in
>the smtp directories. I suspect the former, because a manual fetch does
>not work, a restart of PMMail is needed. It is almost as if something
>has occurred which prevents the fetch routines from running at all. I
>never saw this before a few months ago, and it may be because I have
>many (about seven) accounts, with smtp fetches going on in four or five
>of them simultaneously.
>
>I would love to see it resolved. Ralph, maybe you could see if your
>contact can find out more, particularly relevant to beta reports from
>the last two months or so?
>
Thanks, Brian. I'll inquire about it again in my next message to
Jimmy.
Ralph
rpcohen@neurotron.com