Bug 106471

Summary: kmail can't handle mbox files larger than 2GB
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: Andre Woebbeking <woebbeking>
Component: mboxAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: CLOSED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: crash    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.8.50   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Andre Woebbeking 2005-05-29 22:07:14 UTC 
Version:           1.8.50 (using KDE 3.4.89%2520%28%253E%253D%252020050508%29%2C%2520compiled%2520sources)
Compiler:          Target%253A%2520i486-linux
OS:                Linux%2520%28i686%29%2520release%25202.6.11-1-k7

Hi,

if a mbox file becomes larger than 2GB KMail can't handle it anymore (like many other mail programs, even mailx).

New downloaded mails go to /dev/null without a warning.

KMail can even crash (maybe if a mail is at the 2GB boundary).


Cheers,
André
Comment 1 R.F. Pels 2005-05-29 22:18:58 UTC 
What filesystem are you using on the partition where you are storing your mbox files?
Comment 2 Andre Woebbeking 2005-05-29 22:40:46 UTC 
On Sunday 29 May 2005 22:18, R.F.Pels wrote:
> What filesystem are you using on the partition where you are
> storing your mbox files?


xfs on SuSE 9.0.

And I forgot to mention that this is with KMail from KDE 3.3.1 (SuSE 
packages).
Comment 3 Carsten Burghardt 2005-06-01 13:35:53 UTC 
Independent of the bug: you should _really_ use maildir in this case. Working with one 2 GB text file is not really an option.
Comment 4 Andre Woebbeking 2005-06-03 21:45:57 UTC 
On Wednesday 01 June 2005 13:35, Carsten Burghardt wrote:
> Independent of the bug: you should _really_ use maildir in
> this case. Working with one 2 GB text file is not really an option.


with the file index this is no problem only if you've to recreate the 
index. And of course is maildir my preferred storage type. But if you 
start using KMail with a inbox in mbox format (i.e. from Netscape) at a 
time without maildir support it's a bit more than just one click to 
change the inbox format.
Comment 5 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-19 10:55:22 UTC 
Thank you for your report. Kmail1 is currently unmaintained and the code has changed sufficiently in Kmail2 so the backtraces are not really useful anymore. Should you experience the same crash in Kmail 4.8.5 or later, please open a new report for Kmail2. Thank you for your understanding
Comment 6 Andre Woebbeking 2012-08-19 13:54:12 UTC 
I don't know whether this is fixed now but as I use maildir only for my local mails I close this entry.