Bug 2792

Summary: Lack of overlap of "redirect" filter
Product: Claws Mail (GTK 2) Reporter: lbickley <lbickley>
Component: FilteringAssignee: users
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: lbickley
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.9.0   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   

Description lbickley 2012-11-17 01:19:47 UTC
I use "redirect" in filtering to forward priority messages to my Android phone. Unfortunately, given below:

1) I am composing an email and
2) Claws is receiving emails and
3) Claws is filtering the incoming emails and
4) A filter matches my priority conditions, and redirects the email

Then:

Whatever I am composing stops dead - and a window appears showing the redirect occurring. Only when the redirect is complete can I continue composing my message. If the redirect is an email with a long attachment - in can take several seconds before I can continue.

Since redirects can occur at any time - including several while composing a long email - this can be a frustrating experience.

I haven't looked at the claws code - but if feels like Claws is not multi-threaded for writes/redirects - which is why the compose window waits while writes/redirects are taking place.

My sense is that this enhancement would be a worthwhile investment of the Claws Team's time and energy - and would help Claws become a more efficient and attractive product.
Comment 1 lbickley 2012-11-17 01:27:05 UTC
To be more clear, when I said "this enhancement", I meant "resolution of the problem of writes/redirects causing composition of an email to halt/wait"...

Lyle
Comment 2 lbickley 2012-11-17 17:01:27 UTC
Just observed - the version I am running should have been shown to be 3.81. I just received 3.90 - will test again with 3.90. Lyle
Comment 3 lbickley 2012-11-17 23:38:34 UTC
Just installed 3.9.0 (Nice!)

The need for this enhancement is still valid.

Lyle