[kdepim-users] Re: KMail use 25% cpu

[O. Sinclair]

On 02/11/2010 01:30, Ian wrote:
> On Sunday 31 October 2010 12:33:29 Alexander Harrowell wrote:
>> On Saturday 30 October 2010 05:35:59 O. Sinclair wrote:
>>> On Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.5.2 (noticed problem in KDE 4.5.1 though),
>>> KMail version 1.13.5
>>>
>>> When I fetch mail (pop3 accounts only) KMail use around 25% of CPU,
>>> especially if one or more account(s) get stuck at "preparing
>>> transmission..." that happens ever so often where I reside.
>>>
>>> Is this a known problem, I can not recall having seen it on earlier
>>> version of Kubuntu/KDE?
>>
>> Relatedly, I'm suddenly seeing very slow running in KMail/Kontact.
>> Specifically, on startup when it downloads my e-mail from 1 POP3 and 1 IMAP
>> accounts, it's essentially semi-functional for as long as half an hour
>> while applying the filters. It typically burns about 20-25% CPU, and seems
>> to really hammer the disk. It's not hitting the swap - we'd be looking at
>> having well over a GB of RAM spare.
>
> Snap - kmail is unusable for 10-15 mins on my system. Once it finishes
> whatever its trying to do , it works fine.  Its a definitely a "go make a cup
> of tea and get some bisquits" time when starting kmail
It used to behave like that until I stopped flagging mail as important 
etc - now I have never had that problem since. But the high use of CPU 
is new to me, or at least I have not noticed before KDE 4.5.2 and 
Kubuntu 10.10


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