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kdepim package

In Gutsy, Kontact fails to only fetch unread emails from the server: Unable to complete LIST operation.

Bug #135787 reported by Gustavo Narea
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kmail

After the lastest upgrade (yesterday), Kmail is _unusable_:

When I ran Kontact, Kmail showed me a message saying something like my email server doesn't support {something-I-don't-remember} and therefore it would be unable to remove messages from the server. This happened just once.

Since them, Kmail is always bothering me with an error windows that reads "Unable to complete LIST operation" and ~5 min later, it crashes. Everytime I start Kontact, Kmail fetches all of the emails I have on my server and that's annoying. This is _always_ happening.

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Gustavo Narea (gnarea) wrote :
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Gustavo Narea (gnarea) wrote :
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Mateusz Borowiak (mateusz-kreolabs) wrote :

I totally confirm this bug. Same appearance here. It makes KMail absolutely unusable.

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Gustavo Narea (gnarea) wrote :

It's worth noting that the problem doesn't affect Gmail accounts, but only DreamHost accounts using POP3 (I've switched to IMAP and the problem is gone).

I'm willing to switch back to POP3 to solve this problem. If some of the developers want to reproduce this error, contact me (me at gustavonarea dot net) and I'll create a temporary email account for him.

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Gustavo Narea (gnarea) wrote :

Another workaround: Disable "Leave fetched messages on the server" in your POP account.

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