Bug#448870: kmail hangs while filtering spam
On Thursday 01 November 2007 17:18:37 you wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:06:25PM +0100, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> > On Thursday 01 November 2007, Ana Guerrero wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 04:11:18PM +0100, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote:
> > > > Subject: kmail hangs while filtering spam
> > > > Package: kmail
> > > > Version: 4:3.5.8-1
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > >
> > > > *** Please type your report below this line ***
> > > > I use the spam filter in kmail but when kmail is receiving emails,
> > > > I cannot use the program in the meantime. This can take quite long
> > > > time with many messages.
> > >
> > > I guess you are using spamassasin? SA takes a lot of memory, so it
> > > blocks kmail (and sometimes your system). Try to tune up your SA
> > > settings to get this processing the mail faster.
> >
> > I read somewhere that there are basically two ways to invoke
> > spamassassin, one where the whole spamassassin is started, run and stoped
> > for each mail and one where each mail is passed to an already running
> > instance, something about spamc ro similar
>
> Yes, but if he is using kmail's wizard to set up email filters, then he is
> using the first way.
I have been testing a little bit. Spamassin does not hang any other programs,
only kmail. Shouldn't the mail filter be run in a separate thread so that it
doesn't hang the mail program during mail transfer while I am writing
messages.
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