Bug 151977

Summary:	Mails temporarily disappear during mail check
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	Oscar <oscar>
Component:	IMAP	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bjoern, haduong, ruchir.brahmbhatt
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version:	1.11.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Oscar 2007-11-07 11:18:21 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

When I fetch mails via IMAP the inbox "flickers" a lot and mails are removed (or made invisible) during the operation. When the operation completes the mails are back but it does look bad when you see all your mails (or the latest ones) disappear one by one just as if they were being deleted.
The first time I saw it I got so scared that I killed Kontact so that it wouldn't delete my whole inbox.

Also reported in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdepim/+bug/153810

Comment 1 Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2009-04-06 18:40:21 UTC

I can confirm this on 1.9.10. Selecting any imap folder first clears all message list then shows screen stating "Retrieving folder contents" and then shows updated message list. It should show previously downloaded mails(headers) and then add newly downloaded mails on top. If user is on slow connection, it may give the feeling of deleted mails as reporter had.

Comment 2 Ruchir Brahmbhatt 2009-04-07 18:51:11 UTC

I can confirm this on 1.11.2.

Comment 3 Björn Ruberg 2010-01-13 01:59:31 UTC

I think this has been fixed in KDE 4.2.3 (what should be 1.11.3). Can you confirm this?

Comment 4 Minh Ha Duong 2010-08-12 12:20:50 UTC

Ubuntu 10.4, I am having this behaviour since a few weeks. Latest update to kmail 1.13.2 did not resolve it.

Comment 5 Laurent Montel 2015-04-12 09:50:38 UTC

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2.

We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.