[nzlug] Beware kmail disconnected IMAP

[Hadley Rich]

On Thursday 01 November 2007 01:08:45 Robin Sheat wrote:
> I use kmail with disconnected IMAP on my laptop, and today it got confused
> about something, and asked if I wanted to resync. It sounded like something
> you'd want it to do. _Don't do this!_
>
> I have gone from an inbox of size 1,500 to 0. And not in a nice 'sorting
> and deleting' fashion like I periodically do myself, but in a 'everything's
> gone, even on the server' sort of way.
>
> Of course, now I'm setting up backups on the server. A little late.
>
> (This is kmail on gutsy, I've never seen this error on previous versions)

Unfortunately this nasty bug has been around for as long as I can remember on 
the KDE 3 series. I think it's one of the most voted for bugs on KDE's 
bugzilla. I don't know what sets it off but it has happened to me once or 
twice over the years. Backups are good.

hads

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