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Bug#406075: kmail: process for protocol died unexpectedly



On Monday 08 January 2007 09:28, Marcus Better wrote:
> I have four cached IMAP accounts configured. All four accounts use
> SSL/TLS, three with plaintext passwords and one with GSSAPI
> authentication. The plaintext passwords are stored in the KDE wallet.
>
> When KMail starts, it asks for the password to unlock the
> wallet. When I enter the password, KMail shows an error dialog box
> with the message that "the process for the protocol imap://... has
> died unexpectedly", referring to the IMAP server that uses
> GSSAPI. After I press OK, KMail shows new messages fetched from the
> other three accounts, but it apparently didn't succeed in connecting
> to the one with GSSAPI. I have to refresh that account manually to
> initiate a new connection and get the new mail.
>
> The problem does not appear if I enter the password quickly, within a
> few seconds after the dialog box appears. But if I wait more than
> that (and I usually do, since this happens at login when many other
> processes are starting), I consistently get this error message.
>
> Something seems to time out while waiting for the wallet to be unlocked.

I have a similar issue - I use IMAP over SSL to my server which is on a 
dynamic IP address, so every time kmail starts, it asks if I want to accept 
a certificate.  If I wait too long to say OK, I get "the process ... died 
unexpectedly" error.  I have 4 accounts, only one of which is configured to 
check mail on startup, but I get the message for all 4.

In addition, the one that checks on startup is configured to check every 5 
minutes.  If I wait past the first check to say ok, refreshing that account 
doesn't work and I need to close kmail and restart it to get a connection.

Josh



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