mail-notification doesn't wait for network connection

Bug #194967 reported by John Gruenenfelder
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mail-notification (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mail-notification

I have the mail-notification applet running on my machine and properly configured. However, when logging in after a reboot, mail-notification will attempt to check the configured mailboxes immediately. Of course, when logging in the network manager is still in the process of acquiring a connection/IP.

Without a connection, the applet errors and begins blinking to indicate such. Right clicking on it and selecting 'update' once the network connection is up will make it stop that.

Either the applet should sleep/delay when there is no connection and it is not doing so, or it is checking but the check is faulty. I don't know which is the case. If this is not actually a bug, then it should probably be marked as 'wishlist' or similar.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 24 00:57:47 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Uname: Linux redtail 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

Well my college is setup that you have to login through a portal (after connecting) to get to the net. During the time I am not "logged in," mail-notification causes high cpu usage. I am not sure this is the same problem I am experiencing. I'll create a new bug if not - just let me know.

Changed in mail-notification:
status: New → Confirmed
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Maarten Bezemer (veger) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect 194967 and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in mail-notification (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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John Gruenenfelder (johng-as) wrote :

I am no longer using mail-notification on Ubuntu, but I am using it with Debian/testing. That version no longer seems to have this issue so it seems likely that sometime in the four years since I reported the bug, it has been fixed. I think it is okay to close this bug.

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Maarten Bezemer (veger) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

Changed in mail-notification (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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