[Akonadi] [Bug 401198] New: kmail fetches new mails twice

[m.eik michalke]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401198

            Bug ID: 401198
           Summary: kmail fetches new mails twice
           Product: Akonadi
           Version: 5.7.3
          Platform: Kubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: IMAP resource
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: m at reaktanz.de
  Target Milestone: ---

since the upgrade from kubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 (both with packages from the
kubuntu-backports PPA), kmail aquired a habbit of fetching new mails twice,
which ultimately stops it from fetching any more mails from the IMAP server
until the mess is manually cleaned up and akonadi restarted at least once.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start kmail (fetches mails on start and checks server every 5 minutes)

OBSERVED RESULT
right after launch, i can see for a brief moment that all new mails are fetched
almost instantly, and my mail filters move most of them to designated folders,
also on the IMAP server. after that, all folders are being checked for new
arrivals, including the inbox, and by doing that almost all new mails are
downloaded and filtered again. this leaves me up with a bunch of duplicate
mails in various folders, and akonadi seems to be thrown off the tracks by its
own doing, because somewhere during the IMAP folder updating it stalls with
progress messaged like "foldername 103%". it's completely stuck now, but theres
no warning or error. after a few hours you just begin to wonder why you didn't
receive any mails all the time.

EXPECTED RESULT
mails should be fetched once only.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: kubuntu 18.04 + kubuntu backports PPA
KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.47.0
Qt Version: 5.9.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
i found a workaround per session:
1. remove the second(!) of all duplicate mails in the various IMAP folders; if
you remove the first mail instead you might lose that mail later in the trash
2. in kmail, go to `settings` -> `configure kmail` -> `accounts` and restart
the stuck receiving account
3. if the above doesn't help (it's sometimes stuck right again), run
`akonadictl stop` and start it in kmail again

IMHO, this looks like a race condition, as if the IMAP inbox wasn't informed
yet that the new mails have already been moved, before it is queried again.
might be the duplicates are only virtual, and akonadi is confused by the
mismatch of numbers.

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