Bug 79448

Summary: interval mail checking on pop account ceases
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Ken Walker <kgw>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: stephen
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.6.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ken Walker 2004-04-12 00:30:42 UTC 
Version:           1.6.1 (using KDE 3.2.1,  (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.6.4-1-686

After an uncertain period of time, Kmail ceases checking my pop account for new mail.  I have two pop accounts and it has happened with one of them many times in both this and earlier versions of kmail. The other pop account happened recently for the first time.  When it happens, clicking the Check Mail In button triggers a check of the account that is contiinuing to work but not the one it has ceased checking. 

If I go into Settings|Configure Kmail|Network, click on the receiving tab and go into Modify for the setting for the particular account, hit apply and then ok, that fixes it every time without actually changing any of the settings in the account.

I see similar bug reports that appear to be resolved or closed but none open for this so I thought I ought to post it here.

The only extra bit of info I can think of that might be useful is that I have spamassasin running.

Ken
Comment 1 Ken Walker 2004-04-12 00:33:48 UTC 
It says Platform unconfirmed . . .

I am using kde 3.2.1 and debian unstable with 2.6.4-1-686 kernel.
Comment 2 Ken Walker 2004-05-30 21:31:46 UTC 
I have changed to Mandrake 10 and the 2.6.3-4mdk kernel.  I am using kmail 1.6.1.  The problem described above continues.
Comment 3 Ken Walker 2004-06-18 09:30:38 UTC 
I had not previously noticed that when Kmail locks up, the progress bar at the bottom right of the kmail window is stuck.  Hitting the red X to the left of it, kills that and then mail can be downloaded again.
Comment 4 Thomas Lassahn 2004-10-13 00:39:24 UTC 
seems to happen, after a connection to the email-server failed (my dsl-device is down for a few seconds each day).
Comment 5 Thomas Lassahn 2004-10-13 01:08:04 UTC 
same as "Bug 84032: kmail doesn't time out when attempting to receive" ?
Comment 6 Tom Albers 2004-10-13 20:40:17 UTC 
*** Bug 84032 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Andreas Gungl 2005-02-17 23:40:28 UTC 
Can you guys check with an up-to-date KMail (e.g KDE 3.4 Beta 2)? TIA
Comment 8 Carsten Burghardt 2006-03-04 23:48:37 UTC 
No response from reporter.