[Users] How do I?

[Liz]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 02:36:58 +0200
Michael <codejodler at gmx.ch> wrote:

> Liz,
> 
> > Tried this morning, and no effect.
> > One remote mail server off-line, waited about 2 min for time out,
> > cannot use Claws during this time - "busy" icon only.
> > Tried the "cancel receiving" 3 or 4 times with no effect.
> 
> Occasionally things get slow for me when DNS servers are slow (i'm
> using a weird custom server rotation). Or sometimes my ISP cuts the
> line and the router needs to reconnect. What i mean is, are you sure
> it's the mail server's offline ? \

Absolutely. I shut it down for a pre-advertised power outage.

> 
> For emergencies (like sending off the wrong mail) i configured a
> desktop button to cut off the internet (like for example 'sudo
> ifconfig eth0 down' or using systmctl - there are many ways). When
> that happens, claws usually stops everything after the configured
> timeout (here 10s),

my timeout is not a barely noticeable 10s. Is this configurable?

> naturally with an error message. You can
> configure another button to re-launch the internet interface. 
> 
> (It just comes to my mind that you probably could as well switch
> off/on the WLAN or plug in/out your ethernet wire.)

I don't need to do anything like that. I'm just stuck with a long
timeout, and the menu item Paul pointed me to had no effect.


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