(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kmail Version: 1.3 (using KDE 2.2.1 ) Severity: wishlist Installed from: SuSE Compiler: gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.10-ac9 OS/Compiler notes: Hi it would be nice if you could make the saving of kmail mail state (I mean the file that stores which mails have been already downloaded from mailbox when not deleting mails on server) more robust against kmail or system crashes. Because if it's corrupted kamil refetches all mails in case this happens which can be quite annoying with thousands of mails... :( How anout saving a backup to the mailstate file prior to writing to it and calculate a checksum to verify integrity (and use backup if it fails)? (Submitted via bugs.kde.org) (Called from KBugReport dialog)
On Saturday 27 October 2001 17:44 atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > > it would be nice if you could make the saving of kmail mail state (I mean > the file that stores which mails have been already downloaded from mailbox > when not deleting mails on server) more robust against kmail or system > crashes. > > Because if it's corrupted kamil refetches all mails in case this happens > which can be quite annoying with thousands of mails... :( > > How anout saving a backup to the mailstate file prior to writing to it and > calculate a checksum to verify integrity (and use backup if it fails)? Actually the file is first written under a different name and then renamed to the original name. What exactely happened when this file got corrupted? Regards Michael Häckel
On Saturday 27. October 2001 20:00 Michael Häckel wrote: > On Saturday 27 October 2001 17:44 atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > > it would be nice if you could make the saving of kmail mail state (I mean > > the file that stores which mails have been already downloaded from > > mailbox when not deleting mails on server) more robust against kmail or > > system crashes. > > > > Because if it's corrupted kamil refetches all mails in case this > > happens which can be quite annoying with thousands of mails... :( > > > > How anout saving a backup to the mailstate file prior to writing to it > > and calculate a checksum to verify integrity (and use backup if it > > fails)? > > Actually the file is first written under a different name and then renamed > to the original name. > > What exactely happened when this file got corrupted? KMail then refetches all mail from the mail server even those that were already previously downloaded which results in a large amount of duplicate mails. Btw. same effect happens when you change the configuration of an account from pop3 to pop3s should I do this as a seperate bugreport? > > Regards > Michael Häckel -- Best Regards Atmos ____________________________________________ - MPlayer Developer - http://mplayerhq.hu/ - ____________________________________________ Linux is like a Wigwam no Gates no Windows and Apache inside.
On Saturday 27 October 2001 21:27 Felix Buenemann wrote: > > KMail then refetches all mail from the mail server even those that were > already previously downloaded which results in a large amount of duplicate > mails. Yes I know. However I actually was interested in how you got it corrupted. > Btw. same effect happens when you change the configuration of an account > from pop3 to pop3s should I do this as a seperate bugreport? This is something I didn't think of yet but should probably fixed. Currently we indentify a server by username host and port and not by the account name. Regards Michael Häckel
On Saturday 27. October 2001 22:17 Michael Häckel wrote: > On Saturday 27 October 2001 21:27 Felix Buenemann wrote: > > KMail then refetches all mail from the mail server even those that were > > already previously downloaded which results in a large amount of > > duplicate mails. > > Yes I know. However I actually was interested in how you got it corrupted. hmm fetching mail whilem it's still fetching computer hangs completely so I have to switch power of and back on after reboot starting kmail and fetching mails it refetches... > > > Btw. same effect happens when you change the configuration of an account > > from pop3 to pop3s should I do this as a seperate bugreport? > > This is something I didn't think of yet but should probably fixed. > Currently we indentify a server by username host and port and not by the > account name. yes I noticed thatbut kmail could simply rename that file when changing account configuration. > > Regards > Michael Häckel -- Best Regards Atmos ____________________________________________ - MPlayer Developer - http://mplayerhq.hu/ - ____________________________________________ 640K are ought to be enough. - Bill Gates
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