(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kmail Version: 1.4 (using KDE 3.0.0 ) Severity: wishlist Installed from: Mandrake Linux 8.2 i586 - Cooker Compiler: gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Mandrake Linux 8.2 2.96-0.76mdk) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-6mdk OS/Compiler notes: There should be a configurable ammount of cache for IMAP messages avoiding network traffic when switching between messages that were very recently accessed. (Submitted via bugs.kde.org) (Called from KBugReport dialog)
Hello, When using external mail filter by pipe through filtering on IMAP accounts, like the method described for SpamOracle in the tools section of kmail site, a great amount of traffic is generated. Also, the previous comment about recently downloaded messages being downloaded again if you re select for reading inside a same "mail session", spot another traffic problem. I used StarOffice 5.2 form IMAP accounts for more than 2 years, and its msg cache is very traffic saving. Is there an expected time to include this feature in Kmail? Best regards Andre Felipe Machado http://www.andrefelipemachado.hpg.com.br/linux/index.html
I have the same issue. I am using kmail over a slow link and there are a few things that could be avoided: - when a message has been seen once, there is no need to download it again if click on it again. There should be a cache. - when downloading a message with a big attachement, please display the message before downloading the attachement. Ideally, this would be configurable. People with fast link probably want attachemnt to be downloaded along the message. People with slow link want to see the message before downloading the attachemnt. - when clicking on a not yet downloaded message, you could at least show the headers. It is my assumption that you already have the header at hand. That would make a 3 steps message display: 1- download the headers and display them 2- download the message and display it 3- is user has allowed attachment downloading, do it.
I agree with the above comments. Message cache is essential for effective use kmail with IMAP accounts. It is a feature that I am really missing, and it is forcing me to use Outlook Express at my home machine behind modem connection. Dawid Kurzyniec, http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~dawidk
Subject: Re: message cache imap wish Just for your information: In KDE 3.2 we will have a disconnected IMAP mode. The current implementation in the development version caches all messages and synchronizes with the server on demand.
just to comment, the other thing that's nice about disconnected IMAP mode aside from saving traffic is that if you're not online, you can still read your email. for example i use kmail on my laptop and frequently want to get some info from an old email while i'm not connected to the internet. waiting eagerly for the kde 3.2 release, inness
Does anybody know if it is possible to just mirror some selected IMAP-folders localy? E.g. my e-mail provider (web.de) sorts out some of the spam and puts it into one folder. I do not really want to mirror that folder with my 56k modem connection.
AFAIK it's currently not possible to only mirror some folders with disconnected IMAP.
*** Bug 53509 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 73004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Replaced rprior@mail.pt with gassauer@kde.org due to bounces by reporter
I think this wish is solved by dimap. Anybody disagree?
I agree, if dimap can be configured so it will be possible to just mirror some selected folders. See my posting from 2004-01-05 13:17. Has this been implemented yet?
Yes, I also think that dimap should not be a protocol of its own, but be a property of every IMAP folder. This is especially useful for shared folders, e.g., Spam folders vs. personal mail folders. Mozilla Mail has this feature (and Outlook, too?): "make messages in this folder available for offline-reading" (or something similar). Is this feature planed for KDE 3.3?
On Tuesday 03 August 2004 15:03, Michael MXXller wrote: > Yes, I also think that dimap should not be a protocol of its own, > but be a property of every IMAP folder. This is especially useful for > shared folders, e.g., Spam folders vs. personal mail folders. Mozilla > Mail has this feature (and Outlook, too?): "make messages in this folder > available for offline-reading" (or something similar). Is this feature > planed for KDE 3.3? FYI, it will not be included in KDE 3.3.
What do you think about merge "IMAP" and "Disconnected IMAP" ? (Please see bug #82684)
Very good idea. I just changed my votes.
Since we now have disconnected IMAP this wish can be considered resolved. Finegrained customizability of the caching is bug #82684.
just my 2c. disconnected imap seems to cache "everything" localy. My suggestion was to also cache - at least for a which, what was downloaded already and the cache looses whatever is too old or when the cache is not big enoug to hold old messages. it would be specially useful for message modies and attachments. may be the standards browsers cache could be used ( as khtml is used for displaying the messages iirc)
I fully agree with comment #18 I'm using the IMAP protocol (not disconnected) because it is to expensive to download my complete email (current: 1st server 160MB, 2nd server 56MB) via ISDN connection (64 kB/s). Most of the email I do not need at home. Second, I use the option to download attachments only on request (this is because some people like to send few information in large attachments (like scanned letters *grr*) over lists with too many recipients :-( ) Now answering an email will first download the possibly large attachment although it is not used. When I revoke and start a new answer again the attachment will be downloaded (and dropped). When I finally want to see the attachment it is downloaded a third time (OK, this time it is not wasted). A cache would have prevented two of the three downloads. So for me this bug is not fixed due to "diconnected IMAP".