GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 775704
Send/Receive should flush Outbox immediately too
Last modified: 2016-12-07 19:59:47 UTC
I recently updated from 3.21.x to 3.22.2. I have Evo configured to Send through the Outbox folder ( Send after 5 minutes ). Previously, if I 'sent' an email, it would go into the Outbox for 5 minutes and then be sent. If while it was in the Outbox, I explicitly clicked on Send / Receive, then it was sent at that time (i.e. on demand). Currently, if I 'send' an email, it goes into the Outbox. If I explicitly click on Send / Receive it is not sent at that time. I.E. previously I could override the 5 minute wait by explicitly requesting Send / Receive, but currently I cannot. Was this change intentional? Personally, I prefer the original incarnation, as there times where i'm sending an email and don't want it to sit for 5 minutes. i.e. something that i wish to deliver to a co-worker/team mate 'now'. ------------- > Was this change intentional? Hi, nope, it's a bug. Please file it in GNOME's bugzilla. Right-clicking the Outbox folder and picking "Flush Outbox" still works. Bye, Milan ______________________
Thanks for a bug report. It looks like I made it intentionally, in commit 3f8fa420999a46c7aea03. The commit log says: Enhance delayed message send through Outbox It could happen that a message was sent from Outbox before the set timeout. This change makes sure that messages which are not in the Outbox folder for long enough are not sent earlier. Users still can flush the Outbox earlier from the context menu or from File->Send/Receive->Send All (the "Send/Receive" action doesn't skip this timeout). I agree it's confusing. I'll reconsider the last sentence.
Created commit e61ece1 in evo master (3.23.3+) Created commit 1b68e67 in evo gnome-3-22 (3.22.3+)