[Tickets #529] NEW: There was an error viewing the requested message.

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=529
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 Ticket     | 529
 Created By | anthon_pang at hotmail.com
 Summary    | There was an error viewing the requested message.
 Queue      | IMP
 Version    | 3.2.3
 State      | Unconfirmed
 Priority   | 1. Low
 Type       | Bug
 Owners     | 
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anthon_pang at hotmail.com (2004-09-01 12:07) wrote:

(This is the version of IMP used at webmail.registerapi.com /
webmail.mydomain.com.)

IMP's message indexes can become unsynchronized with the mail server when a
message is deleted, or a new message is received.

For example, my Inbox has 79 messages.  I deleted messages 75 through 78
from the "Webmail :: INBOX" view.  When the page refreshed, I then clicked
on the last message and got the aforementioned error message.  The URL was
http://webmail.registerapi.com/horde/imp/message.php?index=79.  If I wait a
while and manually refresh the Inbox view, I can see the URL is updated to
http://webmail.registerapi.com/horde/imp/message.php?index=75.

This is especially problematic when reading messages (e.g.,
http://webmail.registerapi.com/horde/imp/message.php?index=74).  When the
indexes become unsynchronized, the problems include:
- unread messages may be skipped,
- the wrong message may be deleted,
- the wrong message may be marked as spam.