Subj : Re: Tablet vs Laptop
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Wed Oct 13 2021 17:13:08

Carlos Navarro wrote to Alan Ianson:

CN>  AI> I have added five areas now and I see this happening in just one
CN>  AI> area, HOTDOGED. After new mail is tossed it says I have 34 new
CN>  AI> messages in that area although no one has posted in there for some
CN>  AI> time.
CN> 
CN> How strange!
CN> Did you do a rescan?

Yes, there are 300 messages or so in there. I wonder if that will change
when someone posts something new in HOTDOGED.. We'll see.

CN> The other day I made a small experiment:
CN> I re-attached the last .PKT that my HotdogEd point had already tossed, and 

CN> once processed the messages were shown as new (unread). They were just 
CN> appended to the message list -- it seems this app doesn't check for dupes.

OK, it should be OK as long as your boss has a good handle on that.

CN> But that is not what was/is happening to you, I guess.

I don't see that, no.

CN> Well, I suppose that is app is not ready for (almost) all devices...

The app was last updated quite a while ago. It's possible changes to the
underlying OS has changed things also.

CN> Have you tried the NNTP provider? (I think that your system has Fido-nntp 
CN> access). It also works fine for me (tested with Tommi's jamnntpd server).

Yes, I have that in case it's handy for someone but I haven't used it much
at all and not with hotdoged. I suppose I could give that a try.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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