[kmail2] [Bug 331169] New: account Retrieval options has bad default and weird UI location.

[thomas at thomaszander.se]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331169

            Bug ID: 331169
           Summary: account Retrieval options has bad default and weird UI
                    location.
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 4.11.3
          Platform: Debian testing
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: UI
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: thomas at thomaszander.se

If you go to the KMail settings dialog, to the Accounts tab you can find a
"Retrieval Options" button on each account.
For at least an IMAP account you have a "Switch offline at kmail shutdown"
which is checked by default on creating a new account.

This is a strange default setting, a user like me that uses kmail for reading
email and nothing else is going to get really confused that closing the email
application still makes things happen. Doing network access and sending an
password over the current internet connection is really not expected.
For instance if I want to check my email at home I might be Ok with no
encryption, but if my laptop does the same if I'm at a internet cafe, this is
very dangerous.

I feel that the default should be that only when running kmail will an account
be checked. Otherwise the account should be offline.

I would like to add that placing the retrieval in a popup that magically
appears when you press a button is very unexpected. I found it because I was
pointed to it on IRC. Otherwise I would never have found these options. Maybe
not the best place to invent new interaction types ;)

Reproducible: Always

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