GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 260167
Send/Receive blocks other mail functions
Last modified: 2013-09-10 13:50:12 UTC
When I am sending and receiving mail, I can't switch folders or messages to read messages that I have already downloaded.
*** bug 222499 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Its not a wish list, needs assessment.
assessment: not a bug. on imap you have a single connection to the server through which everything is processed in an orderly manner. if you are performing an operation which takes a long time, then the other operations must wait.