kmail fetches mails repeatedly (POP3)

[m.eik]

Binary package hint: kdepim

hi,

this reads almost like bug #135394, but since it happens to me after upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04, i'll file this as a new one.

i've configured kmail (1.13.2, package 4.4.2-0ubuntu5) to leave mail on the POP3 server for a few days and check every minute. this has worked ever since for me. but since the upgrade, kmail fetches mails over and over again from the server.

the strange thing is: it does end eventually. not all mails are fetched repeatingly, but the number decreases with every check. this morning i just started kmail and watched: 14 original new mails were on the server (spam is already filtered out by crm114 at this point). after they were fetched, kmail got 13 of them a second time, 11 a third time, 9 a fourth ... when it was down to 5 (old) new mails, no more duplicates were downloaded. from this point on, kmail runs for hours without any issues.

this is how kmail behaves after every new start here.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kmail 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 7 10:33:06 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdepim

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!

[Chip Bennett (chipbennett)]

I can confirm that I did *not* have this problem with Karmic, but did so, upon upgrade to Lucid.

How is this an upstream bug that is somehow invalid for Kubuntu? If it were upstream, wouldn't it have showed up before, with everyone using the KDE SC PPA? I believe this bug should be re-opened as valid.

[Chip Bennett (chipbennett)]

Trying to do due diligence. Linking an upstream bug report that appears to be related.

[m.eik (m-reaktanz)]

as i was asked, i have filed this at KDE's bugtracker as well:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238071
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173053