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- From: steve@wc24.writer.yorku.ca (Steve Azmier)
- Subject: Re: Weird pickup delays in Mail 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.200707.8503@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
- Keywords: frustrating
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- Organization: York University
- References: <1992Nov15.231334.4176@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:07:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.231334.4176@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
- > Dave Britton writes
- > >> Make sure you haven't checked "Hide on autolaunch". If
- > >> this property is checked, Mail will not notify you. I
- > >> think it is documented somewhere...
- > >>
- > > This bug is noted in the 3.0 release notes, *however*, I hide on
- > > autolaunch and mail notification works fine most of the time.
- > > Occasionally, I do not get notified *but* this also happened
- > > with mail-2.1 so it is not a unique 3.0-release problem. It may
- > > well be true that the bug does not happend if you do not hide on
- > > autolaunch.
- >
- > In my experience, what happens is that with 'hide on autolaunch'
- > enabled, you don't get notified (unless you have mail waiting at log
- > in) until you open the mailbox at least once; after that you get
- > notified even if you've re-hidden your mailbox. This is on 2.1, and
- > though I haven't systematically checked the pattern, it has held every
- > time that I've remembered to look for it; your mileage may vary.
- >
- > Ciao, Stefano
- > ---
- > Stefano Pagiola
- > Food Research Institute, Stanford University
- > spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
- > spagiola@FRI-nxt-Pagiola.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
-
- >>> In our experience (2.1) we get some bizarre behaviour
- >>> even when 'hide on autolaunch' is *not* enabled
- >>> i.e. often we have to quit the NeXTMail program (after waiting
- >>> the query interval time) and relaunch the mail. Only
- >>> then will the mail be brought in. Anybody else experienced
- >>> that? It is tres frustrating...
-
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