Re: Good news on claws-mail
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 19:19:26 +0200
Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
> berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
>
> > I guess that claws uses (lib)dbus to notify dbus-compliant
> > softwares that there is a new mail.
>
> Also claws might get a signal from (for example) network-manager if
> there is a connection available to toggle its offline/online mode to
> avoid unnecessary tries to connect to the mailserver while offline.
>
> Or to change to polling rate if the device is on battery to conserve
> power.
>
> There are many reasons why a software might want to communicate things
> to other running applications and the standard way of doing so has
> become Dbus.
Here's the official answer as to how Claws uses dbus:
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:15:34 -0500
»Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
> I don't use networkmanager and I don't use any local MTA. Does C-M
> use dbus for anything else?
Avant Window Navigator support, and the experimental new address
book, which is not packaged, and disabled by default.
with regards
Paul
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Reading the preceding, it looks to me like it's used for some fairly
arcane enhancements to the basics of Claws-Mail.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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