Bug 81055

Summary: imap requester blocks tip of the day requester
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Jörg Mayer <jmayer>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Jörg Mayer 2004-05-06 20:11:52 UTC 
Version:           unknown (using KDE 3.2.1, SuSE)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.6.4-52-default

I am using kmail with disconnected IMAP inside kontact.
When I start kmail, it show the tip of the day. When I then try to close that window, I can't, because in the background the download of IMAP has been started and the progress window blocks the use of other functions of kmail, including the close button of the tip of the day. From my point of view it would be best to make the status requester non blocking or something like that.
Comment 1 Johannes Almiala 2004-05-10 19:23:17 UTC 
The same thing happens to me with a different requester. 
When I use KMail at home, The Tip of the Day is blocked by a message box informing that the POP-mail server at my work cannot be reached. 

Some times the message box is pops under the TotD, which can be quite confusing. 
Luckily the TotD can be moved out of the way and the message is now visible and dismissable. 

I suggest that the status requester above and this notification are changed from application modal to top most on the Z-axis, application wide.

Since this does not happen with plain KMAil I filed a new bug for Kontact. See bug 81269.
Comment 2 Jörg Mayer 2004-05-14 20:08:42 UTC 
still present with kde 3.2.2
Comment 3 Jörg Mayer 2004-06-14 17:24:44 UTC 
still present with kde 3.2.3
Comment 4 Carsten Burghardt 2004-06-15 09:40:26 UTC 
In the upcoming kdepim-3.3 the progress widget is embedded into the 
KMail main window, so this can't happen anymore.