Re: Suppressing unavailable imap server by default

[Michael Albinus]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

Hi Ted,

>>> I think a new server parameter `check-reachable' or something like that
>>> would make sense. It could be a number (indicating connection timeout
>>> time) or a path (a command to run to check connectivity).
>>> 
>>> I'll follow up on emacs-devel regarding socket timeouts in general. I
>>> think the improvement has to be made in the C core.
>
> MA> This would be great! Shall I raise a wishlist bug report in order to
> MA> trace the progress?
>
> Sure. The C core has to support this parameter first, so there's two
> wishlist bugs actually. Would you mind creating them?

Finally, I've created bug#24752. For the problem in C core, I haven't
done anything because I don't believe I could express sufficiently what
shall be done.

> Ted

Best regards, Michael.