#717101 kmail: random failures to read messages

Package:
kmail
Source:
kmail
Description:
full featured graphical email client
Submitter:
Shai Berger
Date:
2013-08-28 16:36:09 UTC
Severity:
important
#717101#5
Date:
2013-07-16 19:51:48 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Having used the new kmail2 for a couple of days, I keep
running into this: On certain messages, when I try to
select the message to have it previewed, I get (for each
such message) 6 notifications: 3 pairs of "KMail Folders:
Error while reading mails from folder" and "KMail: Resource
KMail Folders is broken. This resource is now online". When
this happens, the message is not accessible -- I get its
line in the message list selected, but the preview still
shows the previously selected mail.

It appears to be possible to read the message by going to
another folder and then return to the folder where the
problem was encountered.

I think this is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310899
though I cannot be sure, of course.

Thanks,
Shai.

#717101#10
Date:
2013-08-28 15:59:03 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Shai, dear maintainers

yes, i can confirm this. (My message is in German though). Kmail2 seem to run
fine except the notification you mentionened.

I migrated 3 computer from kmail1 to kmail2, all got the same effect.

One of the two 32-bit computers got additional problems with akonadi start. It
took me hours, to get akonadi started. After that, the migration worked.

Information for the maintainer: additionally to my ~/Mail structue, I get 3
new folders below Kmail-Folder -> draft, queue and sent.
Do not know, if they are necessary. If I delete them, they are created again.

Your bug can be forced, when you are marking the Kmail-Folder, then doing
File ->   Initialise Folder and subfolder.
(Sorry, I have a German system, so here it is called "Datei" -> "Den Ordner
und seine Unterordner initialisieren", which is done with STRG + F5 (= CTRL +
F5).

I do not know, if this is also important and related to it: From time to time,
a windows pops up, and wants me to enter the password for my mailaccount.

Although I have kwallet running, and the password is correct, kmail is asking
again and again. To get rid of this, I entered the (already) correct password
again, but this changed nothing.

All my systems here are debian/jessie, 2 x 32-bit and 2 x 64-bit. All systems
are on identical software versions.

I do very often updates, so, if you got updates, I can test them and report
very fast (within 24 hours, as I have to go to work at day).

Please feel free to ask me for tests. If you want to send me packages, I
should install for testing purposes, you are welcome.

Thanks for your help!

Best regards

Hans