Re: [Evolution] EWS operations using a single queue?

[Robert Munteanu <robert munteanu gmail com>]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Robert Munteanu
> <robert munteanu gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using evolution{,-ews} 3.18.4, server is outlook.com .
> >
> > I often notice that 'big' operations tend to block others from
> > happening. A couple of examples:
> >
> > - expunding the 'deleted items' folder when it has a large number of
> > messages ( 2k+ )
> > - downloading a large number of messages, usually after not connecting
> > for a long time
> >
> > When this kind of operation is executed all others are queued, including:
> >
> > - retrieving a single message
> > - storing folder state ( reading messages, moving to another folder)
> >
> > When the 'big' operation takes a long time, all the others are blocked
> > ( I sometimes see dozens to pending operations ) leading to a poor
> > user experience.
> >
> > Can this be improved somehow? I guess there are a couple of options
> >
> > 1. Splitting big operations in smaller chunks ( e.g. delete messages
> > in batches of 100, I noticed the outlook.com web UI does this ) and
> > interleave them with more recent tasks
> > 2. Process more than one tasks at a time
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Robert
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> Check bugzilla for my reports, I have files some bugs some time ago on
> this issue. This is applicable to Exchange Servers as well.

That would be

  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=731454

I guess.

Thanks,

Robert

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