On Tue, July 6, 2004 11:58 pm, Alan in Toronto said: > Simon Bryan said: >> Hi all, >> A number of times when I have been logged into SM it has suddenly asked >> me >> for my personal details again and all my other preferences have been >> deleted, including a large number of filters! > > 1. Is it possible that you used a PC that had been logged into another SM > account just before you, and that user did not log out? Or, that you > didn't log out and you or someone else logged into another SM account just > after you? This is a common source of corrupted or miswritten pref files. > You can't have concurrent SM sessions on a single client box.
We are aware of the concurrent logins, but in our scenario of shared computers this is a distinct possibility - however what we have seen is one persons preferences being overwritten by the other. WIll keep an eye on this. > 2. I have seen this happen a couple of times to my account (without the > > The last time it occurred a server admininstrator had killed all server > connections to stop a spammer. I was logged into SquirrelMail at that > time. He thinks that because SM couldn't properly access those files, or > because they were in use, the contents got wiped out and became zero > bytes. > > As I say, this happened twice to me, so I'd be interested if anyone can > confirm the admin's theory. This has also happened to my account and there was not the double login issue. Your scenario is possible I guess, but I am the server admin.....maybe a flaky network connection. Again will keep an eye on it to track it down, thanks for the clues -- Simon Bryan IT Manager OLMC Parramatta ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
