[Gllug] Strange NFS - Kmail interraction

[Huw Lynes]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:32:13 +0100
Dylan   <dylan at dylan.me.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Kmail shows some strange behaviour when I have my home directory
> mounted via nfs:
> 
> I fire up Kmail, and d/load the mail queue (say 50 messages). After
> reading them they are all marked as read - just as you'd expect. Ten
> minutes later, Kmail autochecks for mail and some more (3 say) turn
> up. All of a sudden, it reports 53 unread mails - the ones I read
> before are now marked unread! Once the mails are marked read,
> compacting the folder makes the marking 'stick'.

Thats very interesting. I see the exact same thing with Sylpheed-claws. 


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