Re: Is there a way to fetch mail from only one server

Jack <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.balsa
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Peter,

On 2017.12.21 18:49, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Good evening, Jack!
> 
> On 12/21/2017 06:26:30 PM Thu, Jack wrote:
>> Good evening,
>> 
>> I've got quite a number of remote email servers set, but sometimes,  
>> such as when adding a new one or testing because of problems with  
>> one, I need to repeatedly try fetching.  The is currently a  
>> nuisance, because Balsa has to cycle through the entire list every  
>> time, and even worse, I currently have one server (Yahoo, of course)  
>> which times out more often than not, at 30 seconds a pop (no pun  
>> intended).
>> 
>> If this is not currently possible, what is the right place to record  
>> it as a wishlist?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Jack
> 
> The only way to do that currently seems to be to uncheck the "Enable  
> check for new mail" option for each POP server you're *not*  
> testing--or at least for the annoying one.
> 
> Perhaps we could add a "Check now" button, say to the right of that  
> "Enable…" check-box. Would that do the trick? It doesn't look like  
> major noise in the UI, to me.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Peter
That would certainly help, especially if it is minimal effort.  What I  
was actually thinking of was to modify the menu, one of two  
approaches.  One is to make the File/Get New Mail either open a next  
level menu with "All mailboxes" as the first choice, and then a choice  
for each mailbox, or to have a "Get New Mail" menu item under the  
"Mailbox" menu.  The issue with adding a button near the "Enable..."  
checkbox is that it's still a bunch of extra clicks to get there.

Additional question - other than for the scenario I just described,  
what was the "Enable check ..." box initially designed for.  Unless you  
have a rather complex entry, it's not too much different from just  
deleting and re-adding the mailbox.

I'm certainly happy to have anything at all in the short run, with more  
elaborate options deferred for when someone has more time.

Jack
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