Re: Re: Zoe obliterated my IMAP mail!

speaking of this. . .

a partner flag to shouldDelete called, for instance, shouldExpunge that would not expunge the IMAP 
if not set would be useful for myself, and perhaps others.  looking at the source, it appears it 
would be quite easy to implement at that spot like:

if ( shouldExpunge == true )
{
    try
    {
         aLocalFolder.expunge();
    }
    {
     [exception handling]
     }
}

and of course the coresponding preference read-in.

thanks !

-=dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zoe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Zoe-General] 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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