Bug 338764

Summary: Kmail runs out of memory when importing a Kmail backup file (4.7GB in size)
Product: [Unmaintained] kmailcvt Reporter: Foli Ayivoh <101551.753>
Component: generalAssignee: Laurent Montel <montel>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: crash CC: andrew.crouthamel
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: self-explanatory

Description Foli Ayivoh 2014-09-02 21:39:46 UTC
Created attachment 88532 [details]
self-explanatory

output of kmailcvt --version
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE: 4.13.3
KMailCVT: 4.13.3

What I did before the crash occurs:
importing a Kmail backup file, size of the file is 4.7GB (installed RAM in my system is 16GB)

What did I notice before the crash occurs:
the usage of my system RAM grows until it reaches a state that the system is not usable.
waited about 10 hours if the system might come back to life, to find it has chrashed
Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-03 03:23:43 UTC
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been
unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug.