Re: Re: Zoe obliterated my IMAP mail!

Hi Chris,

On Oct 12, 2004, at 04:11, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

> Looking through the past postings, another user (subject: seamless  
> upgrade)
> reports that Zoe occasionally removes all the messages from the server.
> Thus, this appears not to be an isolated incident, but rather, a  
> potentially
> serious bug!

Indeed, this would be a very nasty bug... but lets give the app the  
benefit of the doubt for now :)

This is how it goes:

- Based on the "leave messages on server", the app either open an IMAP  
folder in READ_ONLY or READ_WRITE mode (in SZServiceAgent.openFolder(),  
line 299).
- If "leave messages on server" is false (e.g. delete the messages),  
the app will mark each message it iterates through for deletion (in  
SZServiceAgent.processFolder(), line 455).
- Finally, the folder is "expunged" (in SZServiceAgent.processFolder(),  
line 463)

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/zoe/ZOE/Frameworks/SZMail/ 
SZServiceAgent.java?view=markup

One way or another, all the behavior above is based on the "leave  
messages on server" flag. If for some reason(s), the user preferences  
are corrupted, the default behavior is to "leave messages on server"  
anyhow.

I'm not quite sure how this could go wrong, but stranger things have  
happen :o)

What IMAP server are you using? Does your server keeps some kind of  
logs which could help debug this? Alternatively, you can enable  
JavaMail debugging:

Provider's debug.mail.session=true

http://zoe.omara.ca/SystemConfiguration/ConfigurationEditor

This will show all the protocol level transaction between ZOE and your  
server if you run the app in debug mode.

>  I am now trying to find a strategy for restoring my email
> to the server.

One relatively painless way would be to connect to ZOE's built-in POP3  
server from your email client. You can then move all your messages back  
to your IMAP server.

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,

R.



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