Re: Zoe obliterated my IMAP mail!

Chris Fonnesbeck <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:09:21 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.mail.zoe.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

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

I rarely give software the benefit of the doubt, as it rarely warrants it!
(though you appear to be a better programmer than me)
 
> 
> 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 certain that I did not change the flag, so perhaps its some type 
of corruption, I dont know. The flag was checked before and after 
the incident.

> 
> What IMAP server are you using?
> 

This is a .Mac account.

> 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.
> 

Yes, thats what I ended up doing. It would be cool to have an "export to mbox"
 option, but I suppose a lot of things would be cool.

Zoe looks good otherwise, I look forward to future releases.



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