Bug 106125 - out-of-diskspace results in crash + apparent mail loss
Summary: out-of-diskspace results in crash + apparent mail loss
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 50462
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.8
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2005-05-22 18:00 UTC by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
Modified: 2007-09-14 12:17 UTC (History)
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Description Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2005-05-22 18:00:36 UTC 
Version:           1.8 (using KDE KDE 3.4.1)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.4.4 3.4.4-1ark from Ark Linux -- includes Visibility patch
OS:                Linux

My harddisk just ran out of space while kmail was running (note to self: don't compile OpenOffice.org on a notebook ;) ).
KMail popped up a window saying "KMail encountered a fatal error and will terminate now", closed itself, and at the next startup, my inbox (w/ 4000+ messages) was empty.

Deleting ~/Mail/.inbox.index* solved this, but this is hardly obvious to ppl who just converted from Windoze...

I guess emergencyExit() should automatically delete the ~/Mail/.*.index* files unless the error invoking it is known not to cause potential index file corruption -- the increased startup time after a crash is greatly preferrable over ppl assuming they just lost all their mail.
Comment 1 Jonathan Marten 2006-11-24 22:21:01 UTC 
Another one of the "most hated" bugs...


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50462 ***