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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 50462] mail is permanently lost if disk is full
From:       "Juan I.Guardia" <guard001 () jguardia ! com>
Date:       2007-04-20 14:53:46
Message-ID: 20070420145346.11254.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From guard001 jguardia com  2007-04-20 16:53 -------
In response to comment #68, I realize that perhaps not many people have a setup such \
as mine.  But that does not mean that this bug is not reproducible.  As I said, it \
happened to me TWICE, under the SAME circumstances.  I have an external disk mounted \
in a directory under /mnt (which is in the same partition as / and /tmp).  I also \
have a backup script that backs up my /home directory to this disk everyday.  If for \
some reason I forget to mount the external disk the backup runs but all the data gets \
written to said directory under /mnt.  However since the disk is not mounted the data \
winds up on the / partition, thus filling it up.  Because / is much smaller than the \
external disk, it runs out of space, and this bug happens.

The issue here is not whether someone can or can't reproduce this bug because he/she \
doesn't have someone else's setup.  I think the root of the problem is that if the \
partition KMail needs as temporary storage for processing of incoming mail (be it \
filtering or something else) runs out of space, messages get lost and KMail is \
completely oblivious to the problem.  This has been evidenced by two COMPLETELY \
different situations, comment #12 and mine (comment #62).  I concede that I haven't \
tried Martin Koller's patch, and I promise to do so as soon as I get the chance.  In \
fact, if someone else can do it before I can, please post your results here.  \
Although currupt index files might be a result of this bug for some, I don't believe \
that has happened in my case because right now KMail is working perfectly since I \
have space left in / .  But as soon as I run out of it I am convinced this bug will \
resurface.


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