Eudora User Manual Background Tasks (multi-threading)
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the commands on the window’s context menu, such as Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete. To
display the drop-down context menu to use these commands, you must first select the file
you want then right-click.
Background Tasks (multi-threading)In Eudora, you can retrieve, send, and compose mail at the same time! While sending and
retrieving mail, you can compose a message, access Directory Servic es to look up
addresses, edit stationery and signatures, read mail, etc. because retrieving and sending
mail now occurs in the background.
The Task Status window is used to display sending and receiving activity as it happens.
For example, when you check and send mail simultaneously, the progress of these func-
tions are displayed in the Task Status window. Also, you can send messages from
different personalities at the same time.
The Background Tasks options found in Options under the Tools menu allow you to set
parameters that determine how background tasks behave, and what kind of infor mation
you want to see in the Task Status window. In other words, you can configure the behavior
of background tasks. Also, you can set the Task Status and/or the Task Error windows to
be brought to the front of other windows in Eudora when activity occurs.
In the Background Tasks options window, you can indicate the number of seconds of user
inactivity before your newly retrieved mail is actually processed by E udora. If you have
automatic mail checking set up in the Checking Mail options, Eudor a will retrieve the mail
in the background from the incoming server at those time intervals. But Eudora will not
process it until there is no user activity performed on your computer fo r the amount of
seconds you indicate in the Background Tasks options window. An envelope displayed on
the status bar, located at the lower right-hand corner of the Eudora window, indicates that
there is retrieved mail to be processed; that is, messages to be filtered and placed in mail-
boxes.
Technical Note. In the background, Eudora retrieves and sends mail; in the foreground,
Eudora processes attachments and applies filters.
If you check your mail manually, it is retrieved from the server immediately and deliv ered
to Eudora without waiting for user inactivity. However, if you do a manual check and then
perform a task in Eudora while Eudora is retrieving your mail, Eudora will wait for user
inactivity before processing your newly retrieved mail. When this occur s, the envelope
displays on the status bar until the user inactivity time specified has been reached.
Important. The envelope that displays on the status bar only indicates that mail is waiting
to be processed. It does not mean that you have new mail waiting on the server. When
your mail is processed, user inactivity time is needed for your mail to be filtered and
attachments decoded. Your inactivity allows you to decide when you want your mail
processed.
Envelope displayed on the status bar
If you click once on the envelope, the mail is processed. If you right-click on the envelop e,
a drop-down list appears.