[sylpheed:33973] Re: multiple instances, again

Dennis Nezic dennisn at dennisn.dyndns.org
Thu May 13 09:04:45 JST 2010


On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:48:10 -0400, Bruce Bowler wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:25:02 -0400
> Dennis Nezic <dennisn at dennisn.dyndns.org> put fingers to keyboard and
> said:
> 
> > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:46:12 -0400, Casco Bucci wrote:
> > > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:29:46 -0400
> > > Dennis Nezic <dennisn at dennisn.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I know it was asked a long time ago, but it still doesn't quite
> > > > make sense to me... why can't I open multiple instances of
> > > > sylpheed (that use, for example, different IMAP servers)?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > You actually can, if you roll your own (Linux) or with a one or
> > > two byte hack to the Win32 binary.
> > > 
> > > I've not yet done it with the 3.x version though.
> > > 
> > > Write me off-list if you're interested.
> > 
> > I am on 3.x now :\.
> > 
> > Hiro -- you don't think multiple instances are a good idea? :)
> > 
> 
> I'm curious what multiple instances would give you that having one
> instance that deals with multiple IMAP/POP servers (as
> sylpheed does now) doesn't give you.

A separate instance allows for the complete separation of potentially
sensitive email-server information (say for a Freemail server, for
example), from other less sensitive ones, as well as the ability to set
different "common preferences" (ie. compose-format) etc.



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