Bug 93509

Summary: RFE: easy-access periodic mail check
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: David Anderson <david>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: RedHat Enterprise Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description David Anderson 2004-11-18 16:58:26 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.1)
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
OS:                Linux

KMail has an option to periodically check mail.

This is useful, but not very useful for laptop users. Sometimes we have net connections, and sometimes we don't. Sometimes we want to periodically check mail, and sometimes we don't.

It's far too cumbersome to change the settings for all your accounts all the time, so I suggest having a small, unobtrusive icon at the bottom of the KMail window that allows you to turn periodic mail checking on or off. KMail should remember its status across terminations/restarts.

Maybe this is an example of feature-bloat, but on the other hand if the setting is unobtrusive enough (like the kwallet and SSL icons in the bottom right of Konqueror), it shouldn't cause a problem.
Comment 1 Jakob Schröter 2004-11-18 17:11:09 UTC 
this would be offline mode, wouldn't it?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7765 ***
Comment 2 David Anderson 2004-11-24 15:28:12 UTC 
This isn't offline mode - it's a very small subset: _one_ of the features that would be part of offline mode. Offline mode includes far, far more.

If offline mode is planned and coming soon, then this should be remain closed as a duplicate - but if it's not, can we re-open this as a valid request?