These are both known problems and both fixed in KMail 1.1.x.

BFN,
Don.

On Mon, 29 May 2000, Stefan Taferner wrote:
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> Subject: KMail 1.0.29 Bugs? Multiple mail entries; Date sorting
> Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 00:20:13 +0200
> From: Matthias C. Hormann <matthias@hormann-online.de>
> To: taferner@kde.org
>
>
> Good day.
>
> I just gave KMail a try as my (possible) new mail client for RedHat
> Linux 6.2, and detected the following quirks:
>
> 1. When checking for new mail (POP3, leave mail on server), KMail
> returns ALL mail everytime. So my mailbox contains lots of repeated
> entries (one for each check). Other mail clients, like MSOE 5.01 on
> NT4, do not expose this behaviour when checking the same account on
> the same mail server.
>
> Leaving mail on the server is necessary for me since I work on a lot
> of different systems and need to be able to read/write my mail from any
> of these.
>
> Is this a known problem with KMail?
>
> FYI: My POP3 server (Sambar v4.3production) handles these POP3 commands:
> DELE, LAST, LIST, NOOP, PASS, QUIT, RETR, RSET, STAT, TOP, UIDL, USER.
>
> 2. The "Sort by Date" feature is a complete riddle to me. Upon clicking
> the "Date" header multiple times, the status line changes until I --
> seemingly -- get what I want "Sort descending by date". Only: It
> doesn't. Newer mails don't get to the top, instead they are sometimes
> in the middle of several hundred other mails.
>
> Do I make a mistake or does it simply not work as I expect (sort ALL
> mail by date)?
>
> An answer would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Matthias C. Hormann
> Senior IT Consultant
>
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