[Bug 284192] New: KMail-controlled interval e-mail checking (or: offlining IMAP sources after use)

[Gard Spreemann]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=284192

           Summary: KMail-controlled interval e-mail checking (or:
                    offlining IMAP sources after use)
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 4.7
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: gspreemann at gmail.com


Version:           4.7 (using KDE 4.7.1) 
OS:                Linux

If I understand Akonadi and its relationship with KMail correctly, e-mail
sources (say IMAP accounts) are now managed by Akonadi. Interval checking is a
property of each such source. When I start KDE without starting KMail, the
Akonadi e-mail sources are in the offine state. When I start KMail, they go
online. When I close KMail, the e-mail sources remain online and interval
checking continues. This is not desirable for me. Indeed, I think most users
would like their IMAP connections to close when they close their e-mail program
(or rather, when they close the last program using the IMAP accounts as
sources). This is probably even more true on laptops, where keeping the
connection open is a needless waste of battery.

Would it therefore not be better if either:
1) KMail controls the interval checking instead of the IMAP sources themselves.
2) When the last program using an IMAP Akonadi resource, that resource goes
offline.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Start KMail. Check e-mail. Close KMail.

Actual Results:  
All IMAP connections remain, and interval e-mail checking (if enabled)
continues indefinitely (or until the user uses Akonadi console to explicitly
disconnect the IMAP sources).

Expected Results:  
IMAP connections should go offline when no program is using them.

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