https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370618
Bug ID: 370618 Summary: Cannot sync large amounts of mail through IMAP Product: Akonadi Version: 5.3.0 Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: grave Priority: NOR Component: IMAP resource Assignee: chrig...@fastmail.fm Reporter: jbev_kdebugs...@refining-linux.org CC: kdepim-bugs@kde.org, vkra...@kde.org I've really been wanting to switch from Thunderbird to KMail for years now, but every time I try it, I run into the same issue again: Akonadi can't cope with my mail account. The raw maildir on the server has a size of 1.4GB and consists of thousands of mails, many with attachments. There are actually quite a few reports of hangs and freezes here, but I'm not quite sure whether any of them is related. My problem is: Akonadi starts syncing and then suddenly hangs and nothing's happening anymore. When I turn off "Download all mails for offline use", it sometimes gets to 100%, but instead of finishing, it continues with 110% until something like 180%. I also can't see any mails in KMail until Akonadi has finished the full sync (which can take a long time or doesn't happend at all). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up a mail account with > 1GB of mail 2. Try to sync it via Akonadi IMAP resource 3. Get frustrated Actual Results: KMail is completely useless because I can't get Akonadi to fetch mails from my IMAP account. Expected Results: Akonadi shouldn't hang, no matter how big the maildir behind the IMAP account is and it houldn't be necessary to restart Akonadi a hundred times to get through all the mails. Akonadi should also deliver already synced mails to KMail immediately, so that I don't have to wait for the full sync to finish before I can see any mail. A full sync, especially with download for offline use can take minutes or even hours. However, fetching just the mail headers is fast and should enable KMail to list mails within seconds, even for very large maildirs (Thunderbird actually manages to do that). It should also be possible to move mails to the front of the download queue, so I can click a mail in KMail during sync to show its contents immediately. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.