Re: New member

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi Michael!

On 10/17/2006 04:29:08 PM Tue, Michael Klinosky wrote:
> Hello.
> I just joined, figuring that I'd get involved eventually.

Welcome!

> Well, I'm already having problems.

Sorry to hear that :(

> I installed Fedora Core 5. I've used my ISP's web interface for a couple  
> years (on my Windows box), and recently got another computer for linux.  
> Btw, yes, I've been using linux for only a few months.
>
> So, my isp is no-frills (I guess) - smtp and pop3.

So's mine, then, I guess--you mean some offer more than that?!

> I installed balsa and configed. But, it seems that I've had an issue  
> since the first email: I delete emails in any of several folders, and  
> they go to the trash, but they don't disappear from that folder. What  
> could be wrong with the config?

Are they decorated with the little trash-can icon?  If so, they're marked  
as "deleted", but not physically removed ("expunged").  You can expunge  
them manually (Mailbox => Expunge...), or use pref options to have them  
expunged when you close the mailbox or after a set period of inactivity.   
You can also hide them until they're expunged, with either a pref option  
or the Mailbox => Hide messages menu.

If they're not marked as deleted, we have a bigger problem!

> It seems that every time I "get new mail", another copy of old emails  
> shows up. BUT, I *know* that they're being deleted (of course that  
> option is checked) - I log in with the web interface and my inbox is  
> empty.

OK, that's weird!  If the ISP shows your inbox as empty, where can Balsa  
be downloading them from?

> Things were going OK for a couple days, but then other issues popped up.  
> Now, new emails aren't being filtered (they were upto then) and they  
> have 'deleted' status. I don't know exactly what's going on here (didn't  
> touch my filters). Perhaps I'll figure it out on my own.

Messages are filtered when they're first seen in a folder ("recent")--is  
it possible that they're marked as no longer recent by some other agent?

> Are we all expected to be registered on bugzilla? If not, please mention  
> any bugs that I should know about.

Nah, shouldn't be necessary--I don't recall any recent bugfixes that  
relate to any of these issues. Could you check what version was installed?

Peter