[Bug 223312] New: kmail error dialogs are really annoying

[sdhays at gmail.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223312

           Summary: kmail error dialogs are really annoying
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: RedHat RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: sdhays at gmail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs

Currently, when Kmail encounters an error when checking an email account, it
displays an error dialog for each account that fails.  Obviously, having an
indication that the check failed is very important, but a dialog is overboard. 
Usually, the problem is transient; if I have Kmail minimized while I'm doing
something else, I really don't care if it failed to check once if it works the
next time.  Nearly every day, I come home from work to find that at least one
of my email accounts had a hiccup, and I get to know about it because the error
dialog is still there, hours later, even though the problem was a one time
thing.  I shouldn't have to deal with this.

An example, I think, of how to do it right, is the way Apple's Mail.app program
works.  If the autocheck fails for an account, it grays the account and
displays a warning icon next to the account.  Clicking on the icon gives you
more data about why the account is "temporarily offline" and if the check works
the next time you check mail, the icon goes away and everything is back to
normal.

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