[Bug 294441] New: kmail stays in offline mode, unable to send emails

[Cyrill Helg]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294441

           Summary: kmail stays in offline mode, unable to send emails
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 4.8
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: bugs at phlogi.net


Version:           4.8 (using KDE 4.8.0) 
OS:                Linux

Since the update to kmail 4.8.0 kmail constantly switched to offline mode.
Everytime I check for mail manually it ask whether I'd like to switch online.

It gets even more annoying when I try to send a mail: It stays in the outbox
and I can't even select "send queued mails" from the menu as it is gray. There
is a workaround here at least: Open the mail again, hit send, then kmail asks a
different question: "The mail dispatcher is offline, mails can not be send. Do
you want to make it online ?" I click yes and then I can select "send queued
mails" from the menu and it finally sends the mail.


Restarting kded4 seems to "fix" the issue:

killall -9 kded4
kded4 & disown

See also: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=135361

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Happens after a clean kde start, with existing network connection using
networkmanager. 

Actual Results:  
Kmail constantly goes to offline mode.

Expected Results:  
Kmail should detect correctly if a network connection is available and then
switch to online mode.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 3.2-pf
Compiler: gcc

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