[Gambas-user] OT: wrong mailing-list sorting

[Jesus]

El 06/03/14 13:00, Rolf-Werner Eilert escribió:
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> Am 06.03.2014 00:39, schrieb Jesus:
>> El 05/03/14 17:12, Rolf-Werner Eilert escribió:
>>> This is only in the Gambas mailing list, so it's not as much OT as it
>>> might seem ;)
>>>
>>> In my Thunderbird, single mails from the list are sorted at the
>>> beginning of the list, i. e. I will have to scroll to the end to see the
>>> rest of the discussion.
>>>
>>> As I said, it only happens sometimes, but it has happened more
>>> frequently during the last months. So something seems to confuse
>>> Thunderbird with the mails coming from the Gambas list.
>>>
>>> Example: Right now, Jesus' mail from 16:02 was sorted somewhere into the
>>> beginning of the list (position 20 or so), the other two answers at the
>>> end (where they belong to). Charlie Reinl's mail from 03.03.2014 22:55
>>> stands before it, the rest of the discussion is at the correct place.
>>> Jorge Carrión from 03.03.2014 21:44 is before it, and the rest of the
>>> discussion at the end of the list.
>>>
>>> I browsed through the wrong sorted mails, but they have correct dates
>>> and times, nor have they anything unusual in common. Has anyone here had
>>> the same problem, maybe even with another mailing program?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>>
>>> Rolf
>>
>> I'm using Thunderbird since ages, currently at v24.3.0 and never had a
>> problem, except sometimes getting duplicated messages from some rss feeds.
>>
>> I have everything sorted and distributed in folders automagically with
>> the help of filters. I am managing 7 or 8 mail accounts and several rss
>> feeds. Gambas' folder has close to 30000 messages and never have had a
>> problem. About eleven mail lists each in its own folder... Love it!
>>
>> In such a case like mine, I recommend rsync'ing thunderbird database or
>> the whole folder to an external storage. Too much data to loose ;-)
>>
>> What is your setup, version, distro, etc?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
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> Mine is Thunderbird 17.0.5 on a Suse 12.1, and I use it rather heavily,
> too. There are 5 mail accounts, and folders for the mailing lists,
> filters, just like on your system. This phenomenon has only occured with
> the Gambas list, but it used to be only a few times a year. For some
> months, however, it has happened more often, about 20 times this year.
> Oh, and I run only POP mail, no IMAP, so it's Thunderbird alone who will
> manage the mails.
>
> I make a nightly backup of the whole system with Dirvish, and change the
> backup HD every week, I think that's enough. Or isn't that what you mean?
>
> Moreover, to keep the mailing list(s) not too crowded, I let Thunderbird
> put all old messages to an Archive folder every new year. (Strangely
> enough, it will not put all messages into the right folders at the first
> run, but a few dozen will have to be sorted by hand. I know that, and
> it's no great thing. And it is not confined to the Gambas list.) So I
> have a fresh folder again this year, and I can see that some mails land
> at the beginning.
>
> Do you think it would help to use a newer version of Thunderbird? As far
> as I remember, I had this problem even with the older one on the former
> system.
>
> Regards
>
> Rolf

Because OT, I will mail you in private, to not pollute the list.

Apologies to the list for the noise.

Regards


-- 
Jesus Guardon