Re: [Evolution] large attachments handling

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

Russell,

> One problem I have is that I am often on a 56Kbps link at home and I
> frequently get sent large attachments from people at work.  There are
> two bits of functionality that I have had in other mailers that I miss
> in this context. 
>
>      1. the ability to restrict the size of messages that will be
>         downloaded from the server without prompting.
>      2. to have attachments left on the server until you open them.

Have you searched bugzilla and filed as wish list? IIRC at least the
first point is filed already (for POP3).


> With this I would like to be able to have the "work offline" funtcion as
> it did in 1.0.x where it would download all the mail off the server
> (modulo large messages).  I found this quite useful when there was
> competition for the phone line i'd simply go off line wait 5 minutes for
> everything to down load and get off and continue working.  The catch was
> if someone had sent you a 5MB attachment.

Do you refer to a 5 MB _mail_ or a 5 MB _file_ attached? In the first
case, get a cup of coffee, wait 10 minutes and you're set. In the latter
add another 3 minutes... >:->


> So last question is "Is there an option to download and cache all unread
> mail?"
>
> I'll be delighted if someone points out (as they have done several times
> recently) that the functionality already exists.

Speaking of IMAP, are you? I am afraid I have bad news. 'Offline' mode
is somewhat unsatisfactory. Search the archives for 'code rewrite'...

It is planned for month, but surely won't be coded before 1.4 is out.

...guenther


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