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

[Kertesz Laszlo]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:45:50 -0400
Pierre Fortin <pf at pfortin.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:25:02 +0530 J. Bakshi wrote:
> 
> >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"
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > /Steffen
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> 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.
> 
> Alternatively, it would help if the account scans were scattered by
> spreading them out somehow...  possible methods:
> - wait N seconds between accounts
> - spread account scans based on times between scans (can get complex in
>   the case of many accounts with varying scan times)
> At least, this would provide shorter periods of impact w/o requiring a
> major rewrite.
> 
This wouldnt solve the issue either - say i need something done and the scanning starts (did many times), i have no other choice but wait. I have many folders in my google account (i have only 2 accounts in total) so it takes quite a while for one single account.

> HTH,
> Pierre
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Kertesz Laszlo