Re: [Evolution] Feature request: option to not display "connection timed out" dialog

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 04:11, Cliff Wells wrote:
> I'm using Evo 1.2.1, it's a terrific piece of software.  
>
> However, I have my incoming mail set to automatically download every 15
> minutes.  Occasionally the mail server (POP) times out.  This is usually
> a temporary condition and trying again will usually work. The problem is
> that Evo pops up a dialog reporting that it couldn't fetch the mail and
> doesn't try again until the dialog is dismissed.  

No this is incorrect, it does try again even if the dialogue is still
up.  So its probably not as bad a situation as you thought ...

> I subscribe to several mailing lists and what this means is that when I
> get to work the next morning, I have around 500 messages to download at
> once.  If there were an option (perhaps on the same configuration screen
> as the automatic download option) to ignore such errors it would be a
> big help.  Maybe instead of a dialog, just an alert icon in the status
> bar would be an option?  As long as Evo keeps trying, how the error is
> reported doesn't seem important.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- 
> Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
> Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
> (503) 978-6726 x308  (800) 735-0555 x308