[Users] Only issue prevent claws-mail to be accepted in corporate

[Jerry]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:25:02 +0530
"J. Bakshi" articulated:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:43:05 +0300
> Kertesz Laszlo <laszlo.kertesz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:41:44 +0200
> > Steffen Klemer <moh at gmx.org> wrote:
> >  
> > > I think this goes away when you select
> > > Configuration->Preferences->Receiving->Show Receive
> > > Dialogue->"Never"
> > 
> > No this does not goes away. The OP was talking about the fact that
> > Claws Mail UI has certain options greyed out while getting mail
> > (scanning folders) AND, bigger nuisance, prevents the user from
> > accessing mails until the scanning (and fetching of messages) is
> > completed.
> > 
> > I have a google account with lots of folders and i have to wait for
> > CM to scan all of them and get  new mails before i can see a
> > message (or open a folder for that matter) i clicked on. Also if i
> > have intermittent network connection (weak wifi signal,
> > disconnecting/reconnecting) and CM is in the middle of getting
> > mail, it outright freezes in the scanning phase for good and i have
> > to kill it because even the exit option is greyed out and the
> > right-click exit option does not  work. This is NOT google mail
> > related, this is reletaed to the fact that CM has a sort of single
> > threaded approach to mail receiving/fetching/scanning.
> > 
> > So, it would be good if the scanning phase took place in background
> > for good, and NOT interfere with the users actions AT ALL . Also,
> > the  (temporary) loss of network connection should NOT freeze the
> > scanning process.
> > 
> 
> The problems you have mentioned are *all* experienced here too.

These problems exist because Claws-Mail is not a truly, fully
multi-threaded application. It would probably require a complete
rewrite of the application to achieve that sort of functionality. While
it would certainly be nice if the developers undertook that project, I
seriously doubt that it will occur anytime in the near future. I
certainly agree that the lag in time and sometimes the complete lockup
of the application are real nasty experiences.

-- 
Jerry ♔

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