Version: (using KDE KDE 3.0.4) Installed from: SuSE RPMs Compiler: gcc (GCC) 3.2 OS: Linux I have created some new folders- the messages in this folders become "unread" again. First after having set the messages by means of "mark all as read" (or whatever equivalent the english version uses - I use the german localization), all messages are marked as read. After changing the folder (eg. clicking onto another folder), the messages turn to the "unread" state again. This happens as well when I close kmail, and reopen it again. Amazingly this situation occurs only on certain accounts on a computer. Write permission is not an issue in this case, I have already checked this.
Moving a message into the inbox and back into the folder solves the problem for the specific message.
Which "Ordnertyp" have the affected folders? mbox or maildir? Is your home directory (or your mail directory) located on an NFS mounted volume? If yes, then please check if the clock of the NFS server and the clock of your computer are in sync.
Format is maildir. The directory is not located on an NFS directory (or any other type of network filesystem).
I got the same problem here. The system is SuSE 8.1 with KMail 1.4.3 The mail folder is mounted with samba.
Subject: Re: messages become unread again On Thursday 12 December 2002 19:19, Thomas Gr
Subject: Re: messages become unread again On Wednesday 04 December 2002 23:52, Werner Kratz wrote: > Format is maildir. The directory is not located on an NFS > directory (or any other type of network filesystem). Is probably another program (procmail or another mail client) writing to ~/Mail?
The problem here is solved. It went away after I syncronized the clocks of the client and the server. Whenever I mark e-mails as read now, they stay marked. Obviously, Kmail reacts quite nervous to desyncronized clocks. By the way: SuSE 8.1 installs xntpd by default, doesn't start it. The ntp-doc package is not installed by default, you have to install it explicitly, otherwise there will be no docs at all for ntp. The man page will only refer you to the doc package. Many thanks to Ingo for the help. Thomas
I've had this same problem and yes my mail folder is via nfs - the clocks are only out by 4min, will sync and check later. If this is the case this info needs to be in the kmail documentation/FAQ.
I have had the same problem with Kmail 1.5.1 using a mail directory located on a nfs mounted volume. I syncronized the clocks and now everything works just fine.
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