Bug 338764 - Kmail runs out of memory when importing a Kmail backup file (4.7GB in size)
Summary: Kmail runs out of memory when importing a Kmail backup file (4.7GB in size)
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kmailcvt
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Laurent Montel
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Reported: 2014-09-02 21:39 UTC by Foli Ayivoh
Modified: 2018-09-03 03:23 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Foli Ayivoh 2014-09-02 21:39:46 UTC 
Created attachment 88532 [details]
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output of kmailcvt --version
Qt: 4.8.6
KDE: 4.13.3
KMailCVT: 4.13.3

What I did before the crash occurs:
importing a Kmail backup file, size of the file is 4.7GB (installed RAM in my system is 16GB)

What did I notice before the crash occurs:
the usage of my system RAM grows until it reaches a state that the system is not usable.
waited about 10 hours if the system might come back to life, to find it has chrashed
Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-03 03:23:43 UTC 
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been
unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug.