[Bug 242211] New: KMail couldn't fetch mail but reported no error

[maba.gp at gmx.de]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242211

           Summary: KMail couldn't fetch mail but reported no error
           Product: kmail
           Version: 1.13.2
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: pop3
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: maba.gp at gmx.de


Version:           1.13.2 (using KDE 4.4.2) 
OS:                Linux

One of my mail accounts is at GMX and I use POP3 to fetch the mails.
I use TLS encryption for that. The authentication (KMail calls it
"Anmeldeverfahren" in German) was set to - well I don't know exactly, maybe
CRAM-MD5 but definitely something other than "Plain text".
I was already wondering why there was no new mail there, and eventually I
checked.
There was, plenty of it! But KMail seemed to be fetching without problems and
claimed "No new messages". (Exact German message is "Übertragung für Konto GMX
abgeschlossen. Keine neuen Nachrichten.") This is clearly a severe
misinformation! If there is any problem, a popup must come.
I reviewed the settings of this account and decided to check the security
features. Pressing the button to test what types of authentication the server
supports, I found out that GMX must have changed what they support, leaving the
authentication I used unsupported. I'm now using "Plain text" and mail is
fetched fine again.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
I'd need to have new mail at GMX to reproduce it, so haven't tried.
It should be enough to take a POP3 mailbox and set the authentication to
something the server doesn't support.
Maybe it only happens with one specific type of authentication.

Actual Results:  
No mail fetched, no error message.

Expected Results:  
Any problem while fetching mails must result in an error message (popup).

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.32-22-generic
Compiler: cc

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