[Users] OL: Re: Downloads for offline use need to be multi-threaded for speed

[Jerry]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 19:43:17 +0530, Rajib Bandopadhyay stated:

> On 07/09/2014, blind Pete
> <peter_s_d at fastmail.com.au> wrote:
> 
>  ...
> [snipped]
> > Consider installing a news spool.  I
> > use leafnode, but there are others.
> > The news spooler periodically
> > downloads news posts in the
> > background, then your news reader
> > only has to fetch items from the hard
> > drive.  
> > 
> > One day I have to get around to
> > configuring dovecot to do the same
> > job for mail.  
> 
> ...
> [/snipped]
> 
> Dear Sir,
> Thank you for your response! I am in the
> process of installing leafnode and
> stunnel (for SSL), but downloading,
> whether in the foreground or background
> via leafnode involves wastage of
> bandwidth.
> 
> On the other hand, Claws-mail, under
> your control, has the potential to be
> altered to be multi-threaded. Perhaps
> it will take no more than a few extra
> lines of code.
> 
> I have posted on two other topics.
> Please combine them for assessment:
> 
> (1) 	About Kill Filter and
> pre-processing
> 
> (2)	Message folders become
> unresponsive while Claws-mail is
> downloading
> 
> I really like claws-mail and have been
> anticipating an email client with
> pre-filters. It fits that slot
> beautifully.
> 
> Regards,
> Rajib Bandopadhyay

Rajib, I was just wondering why you are sending in line lengths of what
appear to be 40 characters? It makes it a lot harder to read than a normal 70
- 80 character line.

-- 
Jerry