Duplicate emails

[ianseeks]

On Monday, 6 March 2017 20:57:49 GMT Gurvan Huiban wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > Are those exact copies or do the 2 copies have a subtle difference
> > somewhere in the headers or other metadata? Duplicates could arise from
> > something as "stupid" as a least-significant-bit rounding difference in a
> > timestamp, for instance.
> 
> Using Kmail's view source option, I compared the two copies of a duplicate
> email (using ediff in a text editor). They were completely identical .
> 
> I also had a look in the folder containing the emails (maildir). "Greping"
> with a string that appears in a duplicate email, I had only one match.
> 
> This would means that the email is not duplicated in the maildir folder, but
> only in Kmail's display (also in akonadi db?).
> 
> I run a akonadictl fsck and restarted Kmail, but it did not change anything.
> > Presuming this happens with IMAP it would undoubtedly be interesting to
> > see
> > what happens on a local server, where you have physical access to the
> > files
> > that contain the account's IMAP folders.
> 
> I am only using pop
> 
> 
> How could I check if there is a duplication in akonadi db or if it is a
> purely Kmail issue? (Does this makes sense?)
> Should I report a bug?

Best to report a bug and post its number here and we can all add to it. 

> Thank you.
> Best regards,
> Gurvan


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