New test version

[Wilson Logan]

Hi All,

There is a new test version:

http://www.personalgroupware.com/groupmanager/PGOffline-3-0-074.exe

The line break issue appears solved but this version reports timeouts on some groups that are actually OK.   Another issue is that it reports some messages as missing when they aren't. We know these are issues and are working on them.

This version will allow you to get some of your groups in the correct format (hopefully!).

Cheers,

Wilson.

[Brad]

Looking Good!  Ran a couple of test, reloading some unformated messages and find them much more readable.

For new users:

Determine what message you need to start from if you've been playing with the test dll Wilson sent out.  Then right click on the Group name, select "Group Settings",  then in the port for "Start Download from message #", put in the message number you want to start from.

Wilson, is there anything else we need to know?  Is there any database management issues when you reload messages?  Seems to be working great here.

THANKS !!!!!

Brad
Santa Fe, NM

[tecno]

Hi Wilson,

Sorry but here all my groups report time out, mostly CNC related groups

Cheers
Bengt

[whitecf]

Works for me, although I have seen one or two 'Error in secure channel support' messages?

Latest version seems much faster, noticed this with the hot fix DLL.

[John S]

No joy here,
Tried with authorisation skipped and set but same results.
Getting authorisation
confirmed
Total number of messages 1480 [ number to date ]
starting from 1230 [ last message on Mar 25th ]
PGO timed out needs to restart.

which it does and then sits there.
trying it again only does the same.

All my groups, private and public do this.

John s.

[t2000kw]

I downloaded the file today and replaced the original file with the new one. Some groups updated, some didn't, even though the status indicator seemed to indicate that new messages were begin downloaded for one of the groups that didn't really update. The latest message for those groups is back in March.

Two of the groups that didn't update are Zymurgy and Amateur-Repairs.

Donald

[Brad]

Update,

The timeout - restarting program occurs of specific messages for me, 1977 in AmateurRadioAntenna is one.  If that's happening to you, you might try going into group settings and set it so it skips the message your hanging on.  (Temp fix until Wilson can resolve the problem.)

One thing I've noticed is that the faceplate of the program is improved.  My scroll bars on the right side don't blank out like they were doing.  Thanks Wilson.

Brad
Santa Fe, NM

[t2000kw]

That doesn't seem to be happening here. It doesn't seem to get stuck, just none of the messages in those groups show up after it goes through the process of listing what it appears to be downloading. It then goes to the next group and gets those messages.

[t2000kw]

This is strange. I won't know if there are problems for a while here, but it appears that after I added several more of my groups to the list and started to update all of the groups in PGO, the missing messages in Amateur-repairs are there this time.

Donald

[t2000kw]

Well, most groups are working fine with PGO but growgrapes is returning "invalid page format."
Hope this helps. So far, most of the other groups that are downloading are OK. Something must be different about this one.

[Wilson Logan]

Hi Chaps,

Bad news.. between releasing the DLL and the new version (074) Yahoo have made a format change.

Some groups that worked with the DLL now don't work with 074. The regexs remained unchanged so it has to be the format.
I checked and it is.

The same guy that did the last set of regexs is now working on a more powerful set that might be able to handle all the formats currently being run. That would be quick as only the regexs need to change. If no one set of regexs can be made we'll need a code change as well. Bugger.

Cheers,

Wilson. 

[Brad]

Update two.

Wilson,

I realize this is a test version, therefore I assume you would want to be informed of any problems.  I'm seeing another problem, but will be brief because it's time to go to work.

What I'm seeing is some text with wrong headers, or messages from one person but the header info indicates it's from someone else.  I've also seen the same text from two different persons, and one is obviously wrong.

Someone else may be able to explain it better.

Hey!  We're getting there!

Brad

[MyNameIsScott]

I tried out the 074 release using whatever was on the download site twenty minutes ago and downloaded several groups justlike the good old days, formatting looks great, and I assume the other functions aren't changed. I didn't look for or notice issues with headers.

Then ran into time-out problems where PG Offline restarts itself. It may be that I just need to wait a while before trying any more.

One quick comment, though, is that I would rather PG Offline not restart itself. In the current environment of on-demand scanning this exacts a price in CPU usage that doesn't always play well with other things that may be going on. Once I know what they are I can manage the demands on the CPU if the software lets me control the timing.

Of  course, someday with 64 bit quad core processors and multi-GB RAM it's all moot.

Scott

[MyNameIsScott]

Followup - waited 4 hours and the time-out repeats on that same group - QBPOS

It may be this is one that has a different format.

Other groups have downloaded OK even after that one timed out.

Scott

[MyNameIsScott]

Followup - in some groups there is one message that hangs up. If I change settings so that message is skipped then it continues OK until another bad one comes up.

In one case, I logged into yahoo groups and searched for the specific message that hung up, and got a 'messagerecallfailure' alert. Apparently it was a group that was not yet migrated to the new system.

Patience may take care of that.

Scott