Bug 331169

Summary: account Retrieval options has bad default and weird UI location.
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: thomas
Component: UIAssignee: kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: arthur, montel
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 4.11.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
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Description thomas 2014-02-15 22:58:42 UTC 
If you go to the KMail settings dialog, to the Accounts tab you can find a "Retrieval Options" button on each account.
For at least an IMAP account you have a "Switch offline at kmail shutdown" which is checked by default on creating a new account.

This is a strange default setting, a user like me that uses kmail for reading email and nothing else is going to get really confused that closing the email application still makes things happen. Doing network access and sending an password over the current internet connection is really not expected.
For instance if I want to check my email at home I might be Ok with no encryption, but if my laptop does the same if I'm at a internet cafe, this is very dangerous.

I feel that the default should be that only when running kmail will an account be checked. Otherwise the account should be offline.

I would like to add that placing the retrieval in a popup that magically appears when you press a button is very unexpected. I found it because I was pointed to it on IRC. Otherwise I would never have found these options. Maybe not the best place to invent new interaction types ;)

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2014-02-16 07:46:33 UTC 
Sorry don't understand what you want:
Imap you don't want to disconnect it when we close apps
but pop3 yes (I will not change it for it)

is it ok ?
Comment 2 thomas 2014-02-16 08:03:31 UTC 
I think both IMAP and POP3 should be "offline" when kmail quits.

The reason; because account management is in KMail, quitting kmail should stop mail downloads.

This is just about the default; the "retrieval options" checkbox is still available.
Comment 3 Laurent Montel 2014-02-16 14:37:21 UTC 
"This is just about the default; the "retrieval options" checkbox is still available."
So What is the problem?
What do you want ?

Regards
Comment 4 thomas 2014-02-16 16:50:04 UTC 
I want to suggest the change that
* when creating a new account. The "Switch offline on KMail shutdown" is turned on.
Comment 5 Laurent Montel 2014-02-16 17:23:59 UTC 
oki now I understand :)
I will implement it soon.