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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Huw Lynes [<A HREF="mailto:huw-l@moving-picture.com">mailto:huw-l@moving-picture.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: 12 June 2003 08:55</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: gllug@linux.co.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Strange NFS - Kmail interraction</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:32:13 +0100</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Dylan <dylan@dylan.me.uk> wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Hi All,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Kmail shows some strange behaviour when I have my home directory</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > mounted via nfs:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > I fire up Kmail, and d/load the mail queue (say 50 messages). After</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > reading them they are all marked as read - just as you'd expect. Ten</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > minutes later, Kmail autochecks for mail and some more (3 say) turn</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > up. All of a sudden, it reports 53 unread mails - the ones I read</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > before are now marked unread! Once the mails are marked read,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > compacting the folder makes the marking 'stick'.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thats very interesting. I see the exact same thing with </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sylpheed-claws. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I used to have this problem with kmail too - it got very interesting when I was logged in twice (I would delete spam only to have it reappear). I now use ssh -X to read my email remotely rather than export my home directory for that very reason.</FONT></P>
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