>On Wed, May 28, 2003, Evan Evanson [EMAIL PROTECTED], invoked >powers within the internet realm, to proclaim ... > >>On Tue, 27 May 2003 15:53:54 +0200, Mikael Byström wrote: >> >>>It's extremely disturbing that I can't write an email without >>>interruptions and check mail at the same time. If such simple act is less >>>than stellar, then what else is hiding under the surface? >> >>Actually, I can write email while PowerMail checks the server for more >>mail. In fact, I'm doing that right now, just to make sure. Not sure >>what's going on with your setup. > >I really don't get this either. I've been following all the heated >discussions lately, though I've tried to just keep my mouth shut. Anyhow, >I've been able to compose messages while PowerMail is set to check for >new mail every 10 minutes.
I think folks are talking about different things. When the little window pops up, you can keep typing, until the progress bar itself freezes and typing is held up. This lasts for only a fraction of a second, but is distracting if you type fast. I find it annoying. There it foess (it lasted the time it took me to mistypye "goes", less than a second but more than half a second. The window came up, the progress bar moved and the heading changed from "login..." to "checking for mail", it proceeded for a bit, then the progress bar paused, as did my ability to type, then the progress bar resumed, as did my typing, then the window went away. If you are a hunt-and-peck typist you won't even notice it. If you type 70+ wpm it is a nuisance. >I've also been able to do stuff in other >applications while watching PowerMail check for new mail That shouldn't be a problem given that OS X does true preemptive multitasking. >The issues related to a slowdown in email creation while retrieving mail >sound to me like a multitasking problem, Actually, it appears, as others have commented, to be a multi-threading problem within the application, and it seems to occur only at a particular phase of the POP protocol, and perhaps only if it does not find any mail. It does occur every time, however. >or perhaps due to settings. I >think, in the internet settings, there is an option to allow more than >one concurrent connection (just looked, but couldn't find) - could this >be the problem? Nope. I just have one server I check, so this is the only connection. And I do have checking for mail set to be simultaneous. >Or could it be related to dial-up software? I'm on a LAN here and on cable at home (laptop). No dialups, ever. It happens both places. >Interference >caused by spam software? I don't run any. I just keep tweaking my filters in Powermail. >I have DSL access and my mail functions haven't >caused interruptions in other activities. Again, this isn't the problem, nor would I expect it to be. > Are you checking and/or sending >one account at a time or more than one email account simultaneously? > Nope, as above. The fact that the progress bar stops moving implies that the GUI thread is waiting on the network at that particular point of the sequence. Needless to say, this is a mistake, as the GUI thread should never wait for anything. >-- >* 867 PowerBook G4 * OS X 10.2.5 * 768 MB Ram * 500 PowerBook G4 * 10.2.6 * 500Mb RAM (The clock speed may be relevant to the length of the pause.) Hmmm. It just went again and did not happen when there was mail, so I think it might be a sequencing bug that doesn't handle the no-mail-found case correctly. Sorry this is so long, but the idea is to provide CTM with the most help in finding the bug. Besides, I type 70 wpm. :-) -- Raúl Vera Director Orbit 3 Pty Ltd 8 Coneill Place NSW 2037 Australia
