Bug 51297

Summary:	Folder re-reads every time new mail arrives
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Stefan Suurmeijer <sms>
Component:	IMAP	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bjoern
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.4.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Stefan Suurmeijer 2002-11-28 18:12:40 UTC

Version:           1.4.3 (using KDE KDE 3.0.4)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMsSuSE
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-4GB

It seems that every time a new mail arrives in an imap folder, kmail re-reads the entire folder. On large folders, this can take >10 seconds. I have a lot of big folders (5,000+ mails) that receive new mails regularly, so effectively, almost every time I switch between folders I have to read approximately 10-15 seconds until the entire folder is re-read. 
It would be nice if kmail read the folder just once, at startup, and then added new mail to an index or something without re-reading.

Comment 1 Bojan Antonovic 2003-02-06 19:08:20 UTC

same problem with KMail 1.5 / KDE 3.1

Comment 2 Björn Ruberg 2009-12-15 01:26:10 UTC

I believe this is fixed. Switching between folders results in a very small delay for me  having thousands of mails. That time is probably needed to recreate the Qt ListView