[Bug 569] New - Frames are not always reloaded correctly; menu select missing

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http://bugs.horde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569

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+ Bug#: 569
+ Product: Horde
+ Version: 2.2 Stable
+ Platform: Netscape 4.0.x
+ OS/Version: Mac System 8.0
+ Status: NEW   
+ Resolution: 
+ Severity: major
+ Priority: P2
+ Component: IMP
+ Area: BUILD
+ AssignedTo: chuck@horde.org                            
+ ReportedBy: advax@triumf.ca               
+ URL: 
+ Summary: Frames are not always reloaded correctly; menu select missing
+ 
+ IMP version 2.2.3 on Linux RedHat 7 with 
+ Apache 1.3.12 mod_ssl/2.6.6 OpenSSL 0.9.5a PHP 4.0.3pl1
+ 
+ On several platforms (Netscape 4, Win95, Linux, Mac)
+ when connecting to IMP not all 4 frames are loaded correctly. The
+ login frameset is always OK I think. When the user logs in
+ typically the mail frame is OK and the menu frame is OK, but the
+ folder select frame is often still blank. On Win95, Unix Netscape
+ a right-click "reload frame" will reload the select frame and bring
+ up the folder list. On Mac it seems that this functionality does not
+ exist. A page reload on Win95, Linux will reload all 4 frames in different 
+ states; sometimes the folder list is present, sometimes the mail frame
+ has reverted to the login frame, sometimes the menu frame has reverted
+ to the logged-out state. A page reload on Mac seems not to
+ bring up the folder list although the other frames appear in different
+ states. A workaround for the Mac user is to right-click "load this frame
+ in a new window" so that the folder list can be used.
+ 
+ Netscape has JS enabled. Having "check page every time" or "every session"
+ seems not to make a difference.
+ 
+ The state of the network may make a difference in the order in which
+ Netscape loads the frames; users are typically on a fast Ethernet connection but 
+ it may be locally busy.
+ 
+ Hmmm. Maybe this is related to the database. Things were working better
+ I think before a system upgrade (from RedHat 5.2 to 7.0). Apache, PHP, IMP
+ etc. were not changed. I built IMP with gdbm support and it was basically
+ working OK, but maybe I should rebuild with shared memory or SQL support
+ if the problem is that state is not transferred properly between processes
+ handling different frames simultaneously.