Version: 1.9.5 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux Using pop3, when KMail tries to connect to a mail pop3 server and can not, because of a slow Internet connection, it just waits forever (stucks, but not hangs, or crashes), and doesn't download any mail with interval checking. Then I have to press the cancel 'X' button on the status bar and press the Check Mail button again to download the mails. A timeout would be better, because if I press the Check Mail button again while KMail has stuck, then it just queues the action, and the original, stucked connection doesn't get killed.
I've been coping with this annoyance for generations of KMail. It isn't really KMail's fault, but some kind of timeout to kill these stuck kio_pop3 processes automagically would be marvelous.
16 Feb 2007 -- Donn Ingle I can confirm that this is a problem. From what I have seen on the kubuntu-users mailing list, it's not strictly related to any email providers (like gmail) but more an issue with a slow connection. I am in South Africa and kmail often chokes on gmail pop. It can spend an entire night in this way and I have to stop and start it in the morning and then get a flood of emails coming through.
Just to confirm the very same problem on my side. I have the same situation on my machine. Distro: Gentoo KDE Version: 3.5.5 Kmail: 1.9.5 what else would be needed as a reference?
Marking as duplicate of the oldest bug about killing kio_pop3. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 122457 ***