Bug 123010

Summary:	after a crash, kmail tries to create folders on the server that already exist
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Wilbert Berendsen <wbsoft>
Component:	disconnected IMAP	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	arne.schmitz, bjoern, vR
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.9.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Wilbert Berendsen 2006-03-03 10:26:11 UTC

Version:           1.9.1 (using KDE 3.5.1, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.5-20050130 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.5.20050130-r1, ssp-3.3.5.20050130-1, pie-8.7.7.1)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.15-gentoo-r5

Today Kontact crashed (because I ran Kontact while it was already started, that's another story).

After restarting, KMail complained that it could not create a folder on the (dimap) server. But the folder already exists, and KMail should just not _try_ to create that folder.

So somehow a crash messes up KMails idea of the folders on the server.

Comment 1 Thiago Macieira 2006-03-04 12:38:55 UTC

Yes, KMail crashes always mess up its indices and what it knows about the server.

Comment 2 Arne Schmitz 2006-05-09 09:15:32 UTC

Same symptoms here. Is there any news about this bug?

Comment 3 Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper 2006-09-12 19:48:56 UTC

Just a 'me too'.  I'm running SUSE 10.1, using KDE 3.5.3.

Thiago, do you have ideas on how this can be fixed?  I might be able to spend some time looking into it if you can give direction for a good solution...

Comment 4 Zsolt Rizsanyi 2006-09-12 20:09:09 UTC

After upgrading to 3.5.4 in Debian testing this problem did not appear anymore. kmail did crash quite a few times since then, but I did not have any problems like this.

Comment 5 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-25 18:33:15 UTC

Last report said "fixed" and there are no further reports. Please report back if you still experience this in a recent kmail version