[Alpine-info] Can't postpone after lost connection

Benjamin R. Haskell alpine at benizi.com
Mon Jun 2 23:36:49 PDT 2008


When I'm on a flaky wireless connection, I often get disconnected after a
long wait (end result: "Folder INBOX closed due to access error") while
composing mail. Once that happens, I'm stuck. I can't postpone the
message, since the postponed-msgs folder's on the same server. Nor can I
send it, since I Fcc that INBOX.

After the network connection is restored, trying to postpone, I get:

[>Fcc Error: "Folder exists.". Message NOT sent or copied.<]

and if I try to send, I get:

[Fcc creation error. Message NOT sent or copied.]

I end up invoking the alternate editor to save the file, and resend. But,
it happens pretty frequently at certain places where I use my PC, so it'd
be nice if it did something "smarter". (reconnect as needed or similar)

Best,
Ben


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