[Bug 104956] dimap: sudden mail loss

[Julian Mehnle]

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------- Additional Comments From julian mehnle net  2007-01-09 23:03 -------
Richard Hartmann wrote:
> 1) Remove the option of creating dimap accounts, bury it in some deeper
> option or _at least_ warn everyone wanting to create a dimap account or
> anyone using one currently of the very real chance of them losing all
> their mail, in this order of preference.

Removing DIMAP would suck because the groupware functionality doesn't work with normal IMAP anymore -- support for that was dropped in KDE 3.3 or something (don't ask me why).

(I'm currently using IMAP for my normal mail use and DIMAP on the _same_ IMAP account for the calendar and contacts.)

> [...] this issue is amongst the very worst ever to haunt KDE and has been
> open for way too long.

But don't you understand??  This bug is not open anymore!  It is closed now!
</sarcasm>

> Let me stress that this is not an attack against anyone, it is just a
> desperate call for action.

I second this wholeheartedly. *sigh*