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Bug#235648: kmail: loses messages added by other process to modified mbox



severity 235648 important
stop

On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 07:21:49PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> * Joshua Tacoma [Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:30:21 -0500]:
> > Justification: causes serious data loss
> 
> >                           Since I use procmail to sort my mail, leave
> > lots of programs (like kmail) running on my computer all the time and
> > check my mail remotely with mutt, this makes kmail unusable for me.
> 
> Perhaps you'd better convert from mbox to maildir.
> From the KMail FAQ [1]:
> 
>     6.7. Can I use KMail together with a different email client, e.g. mutt?
> 
>     If you're using the mbox format for your folders it is not possible
>     to use a different email client while KMail is running. With mutt
>     there may also be problems even if both programs are not running at
>     the same time. We recommend to use the maildir format in this case,
>     this should solve all problems.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> [1] http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdepim/kmail/faq.html#id2898814

Thanks for the follow up.

Chris

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