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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#774: marked as done (kbiff & multiple pop3 mail boxes)
From:       owner () bugs ! kde ! org (Stephan Kulow)
Date:       1999-10-04 19:33:01
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Your message dated Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:18:41 -0700
with message-id <19991004121841.B12156@fastlane.granroth.org>
and subject line KDE bugs information: logs for bug#774
has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm
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somewhere.  Please contact me immediately.)

Stephan Kulow
(administrator, KDE bugs database)

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Package: kbiff
Version: 2.2

Hi Kurt,
This is slightly subtle. 

This bug is similar to the one patched by Martin Hill (ChangeLog 02-01-98) in which \
kbiff produces  hundreds of new 'notify' boxes. I think I'm right in saying that that \
manifested itself as kbiff checking the mailbox at regular intervals and, if it found \
new mail, creating a new  'notify' box irrespective of whether there was another \
'notify' box already there. If, over time,  more mail arrived, then the newer boxes \
would say '2 new messages', '3 new messages' etc.

However, this time things are a little more subtle. I went out for lunch and on my \
return, found that I had 5 'notify' boxes, each saying I had '1 new message'. I \
clicked on kbiff's 'new mail' icon and 3 of these windows dissappeared instantly, as \
mentioned in ChangeLog 02-04-98. (Incidentally, shouldn't the year here be 99, or are \
things different in the States?). I retrieved the new mail and found that I actually \
had 5 new messages, not 1. This suggests that a new 'notify' box is being launched \
for each piece of new mail. Furthermore, and without me doing anything, over the \
course of a minute or so, first one and then the other remaining 'notify' box \
dissappeared. Presumably, this is linked to the fact that kbiff checked for the \
existence of new mail, found none and so killed the remaining windows?

Finally, I'd like to tie this up with the bug (#695) about an animated gif not being \
replaced by the 'old mail' icon when clicked on. When I originally clicked on my \
little animation to launch the mail reader, the animation stopped but was not \
replaced. I got my mail and after a few seconds the 2 remaining notify boxes \
dissappeared, but also, the stopped 'new mail' gif was replaced by the 'no mail' xpm. \
Ie the killing of the windows is linked with the update of the icons?

Hope this prooves to be of use,
Best wishes,
Angus


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