On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 09:44, Alex Viskovatoff wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 22:59, Not Zed wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 01:07, Daniel Eriksson wrote: > > > I use Evolution on my modem connected > > > computer. My problem is that the online/offline > > > state in Evolution doesn't reflect the real > > > online/offline state of my computer. This can of > > > course easily be solved by me clicking the > > > online/offline button in Evolution every time i > > > connect/disconnect to Internet. I have a proposal > > > for a better solution though, just wanted to know > > > what everybody else thinks about it. > > > > > > The solution is very easy. I would need a checkbox > > > in the Evolution settings named something like > > > "display annoying messages when no network found" > > > (or maybe the negated version "silently discard > > > network errors"). > > > > No its not really that easy at all. You can't just hide all errors > > because you dont know which are network errors and which are something > > else entirely. For example, the error messages from local mailboxes > > such as 'out of disk space' are a bit more important, but currently > they > > just use the same error codes. > > > > I suggest you just learn to click offline, that is what its there for. > > Another solution has been proposed on this list before: make Evolution > respond to certain types of signals sent to it by another process by > going on/off line (perhaps letting that process know when the change of > state has completed). If Evolution had this feature, then the program > that makes the computer go on/off line could do the same to Evolution. > > This is a very obvious feature. As things stand, when one wants to get > off the Internet if one has a PPP connection, one has to manually set > Evolution to offline mode. But making things happen automatically is > what computers are for.
A remote control feature similar to Mozilla's would be nice. -- Cliff Wells, Software Engineer Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308
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