Bug 84513 - Kopete doesn't stop reconnecting
Summary: Kopete doesn't stop reconnecting
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kopete
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: libkopete (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: HI wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kopete Developers
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Reported: 2004-07-05 14:56 UTC by Till Gerken
Modified: 2011-03-20 02:47 UTC (History)
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Description Till Gerken 2004-07-05 14:56:26 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

In case a server admin decides to temporarily closes the server (for maintenance or similar) and a Kopete user checked the "reconnect on disconnect" option, Kopete blindly keeps retrying until it succeeds.

Depending on the type of problem on the server, this can in the worst case lead to a DoS attack. Kopete should stop attempting to reconnect if a certain number of consecutive attempts failed.
Comment 1 Olivier Goffart 2004-08-27 21:48:26 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87641 ***
Comment 2 Richard Smith 2004-11-09 04:03:10 UTC 
Same feature, different problems.

I've downgraded this to a wishlist; I'm not convinced it's a bug. Upon a persistent error (DNS failure, bad username, etc) auto-reconnect gives up. In other cases, the user can manually disconnect the account and it should stop trying.
Comment 3 Lamarque V. Souza 2011-03-20 02:47:50 UTC 
This seems fixed in KDE SC 4.6.1. Closing this bug, reopen if you think it is still valid.