Re: Help! wl is hanging when opening the inbox

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> C-g is worth a shot, will try if I see that problem again. I'm not
> sure it will always help, e.g., just now I tried to set a flag on a
> message with a large attachment. It then started to download the whole
> attachment (when I opened the message at first, I said 'n' to fetch
> the whole thing). So I hit C-g and tried to go to another message --
> whereupon the mini buffer showed the highly amusing status of
> "Retrieving... 79432%" -- C-g didn't actually cancel the attachment
> download. But at least C-g might let me quit Emacs gracefully rather
> than killing it.

my experience, though i have not looked below the surface, is that when
elmo is pulling a message, sometimes it the nuclear option is required
to stop it.  it is especially prone to lock-up if there is a net break.

randy