Enough already

[Karl F. Larsen]

Thorny wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:26:05 -0600, Karl F. Larsen posted:
>
>   
>>     I do like the way gmail works but the IMAP stinks! It works just
>> fine for a few days and then like today it almost stopped working. I
>> hope this will make the list.
>> So I am looking for something I can buy that works almost all the time.
>>
>>
>>     
> Karl, I know we are supposed to try and help people with the actual
> questions they ask but the problem with that is that when people are
> having trouble they often become frustrated and attribute the problem to a
> wrong cause and seek a solution based on that.
>
> It would probably be more productive and likely to get better answers if
> you would make a more detailed trouble report. Detail what is happening
> that you think shouldn't be happening, what isn't happening that you think
> should be happening and any other things, like confirm that you still have
> a connection at the time the problem occurs. Symptoms.
>
> I remember you mentioning trouble with Gmail IMAP access not too long ago
> and at that time you mentioned someone was fouling it up for you. If there
> is a chance your password was compromised, you'll just continue to have
> trouble with that account until you change it. But, you can't rely on
> everyone reading this who might be able to help you to remember any
> history involved, so a good trouble report is very important. I realise it
> takes time and trouble to write it out. Took time for me to type this
> advice too but that's why we come here.
>
> One thing you might do is open another account with a strong password and
> see if it works the way you want and expect. Also note what poster Tommy
> Trussell mentioned about trying the web interface. If you need an invite
> to make it easy to open another account, I imagine one of us would send
> you one.
>
>
>   
    I have changed to POP3 mail from Gmail and it seems to be working 
well at the moment. The time I thought someone had interfered with my 
IMAP, it was Google that was broken, not someone else causing just me a 
problem.

    Yesterday I received 8 large emails that IMAP was not working on. 
When I tried to send mail it would take a minute to process through 
Gmail's SMTP. These are signs that IMAP is failing.


Karl