On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 15:59, Russell Fulton wrote: > OK so I now understand what evo means by ping -- I agree that calling it > a noop will be just as confusing to most users. Heart beat is another > common term for such behaviour but again most users won't have a clue. > > If ximian do decide to change the string I suggest a purely functional > description e.g. "waiting for response from server".
"IMAP keep alive" or "preventing IMAP disconnect" might also be reasonable. The problem is the wide user base. Technical folk would understand any of the suggested messages (and perhaps debate the exact technical accuracy of them), nontechnical users would likely be confused by any of them. cheers, brad -- Brad Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
