Re: [kde] Fighting line noise with Kmail

Em Domingo 29 Junho 2008, cr escreveu:
Any time after heavy rain, Telescum delivers more line noise than
signal to my modem. I get bits of signal, long periods of
inactivity, and every now and then the modem just gives up and drops
off line.

What makes this even more annoying are a couple of features of Kmail
- 1. Kmail downloads all the waiting messages before deleting any
off the server
2. Hitting 'Check Mail' has NO effect (i.e. sends no signal) if
there are still messages in the current batch waiting to download

So if there are say 100 messages, and it drops after 90, then when I
redial, 'Check Mail' has no effect. And if I close Kmail, then
restart it, it will start downloading all 100 messages all over
again, and if the modem drops again then this can go on for ever....

Is there any way to get Kmail to delete each message off the ISP's
server as soon as it is downloaded?

And, is there any way to persuade Kmail to poke the server with a
sharp stick to wake it up and demand it resumes sending messages?

You can try to manually stop the download of mensages after a certain
number of them has arrived. KMail shall then delete that ones from the
server and stop. Then you check mail again to get some more, and so on.

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Marcelo
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