After reading the way to reproduce this bug as outlined in
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From: Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: a way to reproduce KMail/DIMAP data loss
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:41:17 +0100
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A suggested fix would be to prompt the user "Changes were made to the
disconnected IMAP cache. Commit changes to IMAP server?" -> "Yes" "No" when
exiting KMail. Maybe also have an explanation of the consequences. If "No"
is clicked just exit. If "Yes" is clicked show a bar indicating progress of
updating the IMAP server.
The purpose of "No" is for those situations when the person is not
connected
to the network and updating the server is not an option. (It would be nice
if possible connection to the server is checked automatically.)
The purpose of "Yes" is to explicitly commit changes made in case the
user
forgets about them. (I often check my mail CTRL-L one more time before
exiting to synchronize the cache and the server.)
An analogy to what Bastian described would be if floppy disk drives had
no
light on them: Everyone knows "don't eject the floppy until the light goes
off". If you do then the files might not be updated correctly. What KMail
needs is something similar to the light on the floppy disk.
Thanks !
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