On Sun, 2021-07-25 at 23:55 +0200, Ángel wrote: > On 2021-07-21 at 10:28 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: > > the idea behind the default value is that the filters may forward > > multiple message, thus it's better to pile them up and flush the > > Outbox at once, rather than connect to the sending server for each > > message separately. > If you receive 5 emails, and 3 of them match a rule (or two) which > forward them to both Alice and Bob, it makes sense not to create 6 > separate connections, but to batch them at once.
I concur; e-mail (SMTP) has always been a store-n-forward scheme which depends on spooling and batching. E-mail is not a form of instant messaging. > However, I think the expectation would be that they _do_ get sent > automatically, not that the user will need a manual outbox flush. > The tricky part would be when mixed with normal outbox mail. I am on the fence. Evolution is a mail client for a desktop environment. If someone wants always-on automated services then that's what servers are for; there are service-side filtering systems such as SIEVE. This seems like an example of use-the-right-tool-for-the-job. > Trying to make it behave as expected without complicating it, maybe > it could do something like this: Is it possible to ask Evolution to send/receive via d-bus? If that is possible a very simple external app - or script - could request Evolution s&r every n minutes. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awill...@whitemice.org> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
