On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 22:55 +0000, g wrote: > Jim wrote: > <snip> > > > I have to leave it open because all the Emails I get from the FedoraUsers > > Forum, If I left those on my ISP's Server, I would probably be getting > > nasty notes from my ISP. > > shutting down desktop is not a good idea, as i mentioned. > > thunderbird has files open and by not closing before shutdown, some of > the files can/may/will get corrupt. Do you have evidence of this? If so, you should report it to BZ. Shutdown procedures involve sending a signal that processes can catch and use to clean up before exiting, followed later by an uncatchable signal in case they weren't paying attention. Even if this isn't the case when logging out of a desktop (I'm unclear how the various DEs handle it), an email program can never assume that a server is available or that it doesn't go dead in the middle of a transaction, or that the system it's running on won't suddenly lose power. Any desktop app that can't recover from this on restart has a serious problem which needs to be fixed. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
