Re: [Evolution] IMAP speed

[Marcus Brubaker <aurelius marcus rogers com>]

On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 13:12, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 13:01, Scott Otterson wrote:
> > Well, first, although the IMAP on 1.2 is supposed to be faster than
> > 1.08, several of us have said that IMAP is actually slower.  Seems like
> > this information would interest Ximian but on this list, anyway, it
> > doesn't seem to be making much of an impression.
> >
> > Second, if a persistent tcp connection causes evolution to hang, then
> > maybe evolution shouldn't be using one.
>
> this is why there's POP :-)
>
> IMAP, by definition, uses a persistent tcp connection.

Not necessarily.  Only in online mode does IMAP require a persistent TCP
connection.  Neither offline nor disconnected modes require a persistent
connection.


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Marcus Brubaker <aurelius marcus rogers com>