Bug 103624

Summary: canceling download of mail source ("V") does not stop download (IMAP)
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: Jens <jens-bugs.kde.org>
Component: IMAPAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO    
Severity: wishlist CC: bjoern, luigi.toscano
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.8   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Jens 2005-04-10 21:54:41 UTC 
Version:           1.8 (using KDE 3.4.0 Level "b" , SUSE 9.2 UNSUPPORTED)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-24.14-default

I have an IMAP account with "load attachments on demand" enabled". I receive an email with a 6MB attachment, and read it. Then I press "v" to view the source of this mail. KMail begins downloading the *whole* mail (including attachment).

I do not want that so I press cancel. However, the bottom right progress indicator *continues* to grow, indicating that KMail still downloads the mail. Only if I cancel that one as well, will the download stop.

Suggested fix: make "v" only display the part of the mail that was actually being viewed (this is more logical IMHO), and make "cancel" in the download progress window actually cancel the download of the mail.


Thank you :-)
Comment 1 Carsten Burghardt 2005-04-11 10:18:18 UTC 
I have to transform this to a wish. I won't change the behaviour that the complete mail is downloaded as this is the only way to correctly display the complete source.
And canceling a background process with a keypress is a wish in my eyes. It's possible to cancel it (as with all other processes as well) with the progressbar so this is consistent.
Comment 2 Jens 2005-04-11 13:37:19 UTC 
Am Montag, 11. April 2005 10:18 schrieb Carsten Burghardt:

> I have to transform this to a wish. I won't change the behaviour
> that the complete mail is downloaded as this is the only way to
> correctly display the complete source.


OK.

> And canceling a background 
> process with a keypress is a wish in my eyes. It's possible to cancel it
> (as with all other processes as well) with the progressbar so this is
> consistent.


Not OK. The point (and IMHO it's still a bug) is that you have to cancel 
the download *twice* - once the additional progress window, and once in 
the bottom-right progress bar.

Pressing "cancel" once should cancel both downloads. IMHO.
Comment 3 Carsten Burghardt 2005-04-11 16:10:08 UTC 
You have a point ;-) Let me have a look at this.
Comment 4 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-21 00:29:37 UTC 
What's the status?
Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-18 08:11:35 UTC 
Thank you for your feature request. Kmail1 is currently unmaintained so we are closing all wishes. Please feel free to reopen a feature request for Kmail2 if it has not already been implemented.
Thank you for your understanding.
Comment 6 Luigi Toscano 2012-08-19 00:42:02 UTC 
Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.