How do I create multiple mail accounts?

[Wes Matchett]

I cannot get multiple accous to function.  The steps I take are:

1) Create initial account - this works fine.
2) Select Configuration->Mailbox Configuration
3) Select Add, enter name, Click OK
4) Complete configuration fields and Click OK

The new account appears in the desktop with an inbox, but it will not retrieve mail.  I can erase all .pooka files and start over, reversing the order of the accounts and the first account always works and the second does not.

Whats wrong?

[allen petersen]

hurm.  it works ok for me, but then, i'm probably not doing exactly the same thing that you are.  do you get any error messages on the console (if you're running from a command prompt)?

...probably the best thing to check, though, would be the pookarc file in your home directory.  take a look at the settings for your first and second account and see how they differ.  they should be under "Store.yourStoreName".

-allen

[Wes Matchett]

I replied to your post in the wrong place - please see my reply containing the .ppokarc info.

-Wes

[Wes Matchett]

I tried to determine the diffs by just looking at the file - no dice.  So I copied it, sorted it, and deleted the non Store.name lines.  This is what remains.  There is quite a difference.

Store.name1.INBOX.windowLocation.layer=0
Store.name1.INBOX.windowLocation.position=0
Store.name1.INBOX.windowLocation.selected=true
Store.name1.INBOX.windowLocation.x=0
Store.name1.INBOX.windowLocation.y=0
Store.name1.SSL=false
Store.name1.connection=default
Store.name1.defaultProfile=name1
Store.name1.deleteOnServerOnLocalDelete=true
Store.name1.folderList=INBOX\:sent\:outbox
Store.name1.leaveMessagesOnServer=true
Store.name1.password=xxxxxx
Store.name1.protocol=pop3
Store.name1.server=mail.inno-tech.com
Store.name1.user=name1

Store.name2.deleteOnServerOnLocalDelete=true
Store.name2.folderList=INBOX
Store.name2.leaveMessagesOnServer=true
Store.name2.password=xxxxxx
Store.name2.protocol=pop3
Store.name2.server=mail.inno-tech.com
Store.name2.user=name2

[allen petersen]

this looks like it should be ok.  i do notice that you're using POP...  i wonder if the mbox provider is having problems.  it's, err, not the most efficient way to store mail.

if you do a kill -QUIT (or, if you're on windows, i think you start in a command prompt and hit the window close button), you should get a thread dump for the java process.  try that after you've started up and it's trying to open the INBOX (umm, i assume that you're double-clicking on the INBOX to try to open the folder first, right?).  there should be a thread called "name2 - ActionThread".  could you give me the stack dump there?  it might be getting caught up on something. 

i should really just get around to switching over to something else as a backend for POP3.

-allen