https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287394
Summary: KMail2 with fetchmail/postfix-fed mbox resource: can't get rid of "changed by another program" alerts Product: kmail2 Version: unspecified Platform: Ubuntu Packages OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: general AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs@kde.org ReportedBy: astera.composi...@gmx.net Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.7.2) OS: Linux I use fetchmail and postfix to regularly retrieve mail from a number of POP accounts; it ends up in /var/mail/username. I also have an Akonadi mbox resource pointed at that file so I can easily get at new mail with any random email client I might want to try. This works fine with Thunderbird or Evolution as well as console mailers like Alpine... and it has worked fine in the past with pre-Akonadi KMail. But now Akonadi and/or KMail pop up four notifications every time I receive mail to complain that file:///var/mail/username has been changed by another program and that a backup has been created. Isn't it *supposed* to be changed by another program? How else would it receive email? I can turn off file monitoring for the Akonadi mbox resource, but then KMail never finds any new email any more. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Set up fetchmail and postfix to stuff mail retrieved from POP accounts into /var/mail/username. Create an Akonadi mbox resource and point it at this same file. Receive new mail. Actual Results: Mail appears in KMail in the folder representing the mbox resource, but there're one notification popup "username" + three identical notification popups complaining that file:///var/mail/username has been changed by another program and that a backup has been created. Turning off file monitoring means no more new email is seen in KMail. Expected Results: Mail should appear in KMail in the folder representing the mbox resource, without warnings, considering this is perfectly normal use of email software (...it is, yes?) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.kde.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Kdepim-bugs mailing list Kdepim-bugs@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-bugs