Re: [Evolution] imap...synchronization chaos ;)

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 12:27 +0800, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 16:47 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > Evolution only transfers the new data required too, but the actual
> > transfer speed suffers a lot if you have any latency in the link.
>
> Is there anything that can be done around this? Is it a "handshake
> protocols suffer from lag, duh" thing, or is it something in the evo
> code stack that is holding you back?

Its a  bit complex, its a bit of a mix of - synchronous api's and synchronous implementation.  If the implementation is "fixed" some of the issues can be addressed, but it still might need some application work to make any visible difference.  Both are 'difficult'.
> I have a very high latency link (server in North America, me typically
> in Asia/Pacific and do notice a lot of drag when the IMAP code is
> checking for mail.
Yeah, in that case POP is the way to go, if your server supports it, it pipelines requests and latency issues are pretty well negated.