Start a new thread with any specific questions to my comments as there are many folks who are way more knowledgeable than I about the inner workings that can corroborate, contest or clarify my comments.
Another way to check things out. Use Selective Retrieval on the File menu. Click the items that have a small file size for retrieval and when done click the Do It button. Then start selecting the larger messages one at a time, and repeat the Do It button. If you are lucky you will find a threshold file size.
You can then set the maximum file size to be downloaded in the POP3 profile (menu Tools/Internet Options, and click the POP3 tab. Then click the profile name that you use, and click Edit. Finally click the Download Control tab. Fill in the maximum filesize amount and click OK twice.
Any message larger than this amount will need to be downloaded via Selective Retrieval method.
I suggest starting a new thread beginning with an explanation of how the same messages are getting on the different machines. Are you sharing a mailbox? Is each machine downloading the same messages?
Also... Is IERenderer enabled? Are you running the same version of IERenderer on both machines?
Finally, explain what happens when a message that doesn't appear in the preview pane is double clicked. Does it open in a reader window?
FWIW, when a message won't display or an attachment won't open, the first thing to try is a restart of the PC.
I asume that Pegasus on close first closes the connection to your IMAP-Account and in consequence has to close the IMAP-box (in "modern" view) or all folderwindows (in "classic" view) depending on that connection. So the windowstate saved on close is only windows of local folders open. I never tried that as I swapped to "modern" view as soon as Pegasus had it available.
In Tools | Internet options | General you can create a session log which might provide some useful information.
Read the associated Help files before doing so.
You can post the log here if you wish but remove your username and password first. Be aware that these might be in Base64 format and not immediately apparent.
> I have created "Copy-self" filter rules, but the mail I send is copied to > the outbox of the receiving mailbox, not the sending one.
Configure the appropriate Copy to self destination in each identity. Tools > Options > Outoing mail > Copies to self
> I have to add the SMTP hosts to the <Default> identity, otherwise PMail > complains it cannot send my new mail.Why?
I just tested this by disabling the SMTP host in my Default identity and messages sent by other identities send just fine via their assigned SMTP host. This would indicate that your sends are being done as the Default identity. You might try adding an SMTP host to the Default identity then disabling it to see if Pegagus Mail simply expects an SMTP host to exist. If you don't have the identity selector enabled in the new message windows then I suggest enabling it. It provides a visual indicator of which identity the messages is being created as.
Tools > Options > Outoing mail > Messages and replies > Add 'Identity' selector.
> I have created mail filtering rules for moving the mails from the "New > mail" folder to my new "Inbox" folders.This works on most mails, but not > on all.There are a few left-overs. When I open the mail header, I don't > see any entry with the correct "To" or "CC" item.What should I do?
The headers should contain some unique content that identifies the server. An expression filter that detects that content might help.
Make sure you do not have multiple folders named "Inbox". Add a unique part to the folder name, eg: "Inbox_ShortIdentityCode
> And, how do I setup the mail filtering rules to work automatically when > I check for new mails?
New mail filters will move messages to the appropriate folder but additional filtering can only be done automatically via General rule sets that are attached as folder-open or folder-close filter sets. I use folder-close because it runs each time Pegasus Mail is shut down even if the folder is open. Filtering only read mail will require a rule that checks for the "has been read" attribute and has an action of Logical AND followed by the rule the actually perfoms the desired action.
[quote user="kaspencer"]Now, to my question: can you not allow Pegasus to yield control every second or so, that we can cancel the retrieval of a troublesome graphic? That would be a really helpful enhancement.[/quote]
Try the ESC key, it should work in most cases (the download process doesn't always allow interruptions, though).
Would you please post what's in the file of the distributionlist (filename shown in the list auf distributionlists and file will be found in your mailboxdirectory; it's simple text and may be opend with texteditor).