(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kmail Version: 1.2 (using KDE 2.1.2 ) Severity: normal Installed from: Linux-Mandrake 8.0 i586 Compiler: gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Linux-Mandrake 8.0 2.96-0.48mdk) OS: Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i686 OS/Compiler notes: When my home partition is full if I try to delete a message or some other operation which needs some disk space kmail disappears with no explanation. And my work (like deleting messages) is lost. Is it possible to verify before these operations to verify disk space and send un full disk message instead of crashing ? Many thanks (Submitted via bugs.kde.org) (Called from KBugReport dialog)
On Monday 14. May 2001 13:56 g.delafond@medsyn.fr wrote: > > When my home partition is full if I try to delete a message or some other > operation which needs some disk space kmail disappears with no > explanation. And my work (like deleting messages) is lost. > > Is it possible to verify before these operations to verify disk space and > send un full disk message instead of crashing ? KMail does not crash but simply exit abnormally to prevent any possbily data loss.
I saw kmail's crash dialog on the screen today morning. When I tried to restart kmail, a dialog appeared saying "inbox index should be re-generated" etc. Well, I hit OK and it crashed again. Ah, then I found that my disk was out of space. Freed some space and kmail was happily running again. No mail loss since they were safely stored in the IMAP server. Why did kmail crashed? Shouldn't it instead notice user "sorry, your disk is full" and/or quit? I'm using kmail 1.8 (KDE 3.4) and an IMAP account.