[Bug 170299] New: Connected to a network is not necessarily the same as being connected to the internet

[Kishore]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170299

           Summary: Connected to a network is not necessarily the same as
                    being connected to the internet
           Product: kontact
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: kitts.mailinglists at gmail.com


Version:           unknown (using 4.1.64 (KDE 4.1.64 (KDE 4.2 >= 20080828)),
compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.24-21-generic

This is perhaps and global KDE thing but it is kontact that is the most
annoying in the situation.

The basic assumption is that when we are connected to a network, it is a
gateway to the internet. This may not be always true. At work, this network in
only an intranet. KMail in this situation attempts to download mail but fails
and gives me annoying error messages.

Yet i think it cannot be assumed that if its not on the internet, kmail should
not attempt to connect as the mail server could be on the intranet.

Hence i thin kmail should attempt to connect to server and stay quite if the
server is not reachable in the first place and complain only when there is a
failure after having found the server.


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