[kdepim-users] Kmail not fully closing down when closed via File/Quit.

[ianseeks]

On Sunday, 17 April 2016 00:26:29 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Saturday April 16 2016 17:24:09 ianseeks wrote:
> > Its not possible to reload kmail after exiting because System Activity
> > still show it running.  You have to kill the instance before you can
> > reload kmail. If you log out then back in, it loads fine.
> > 
> > Anyone else with this issue?
> 
> Yes, occasionally I see exactly that, on both Linux and OS X. I think it
> means a socket that won't close keeps kmail from exiting. It usually works
> to let kmail display a systray icon and then use the quit action from there
> if the icon doesn't disappear within a reasonable time.
> 
> But nowadays I mostly launch kmail (kontact in fact) from a terminal, with
> the --nofork option. Easier to send a SIGINT when required.
> 
> R.

I've found it always seems happens if you have "Empty wastebin on exit" set 
on. It used to crash on reload so you could save the trace but it just fails 
silently now.