[clug-talk] kmail issue with single message

[Gustin Johnson]

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Martin Glazer wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 August 2006 23:20, Neil Bower wrote:
>> On Wednesday 09 August 2006 23:04, Martin Glazer wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I use kmail (1.9.1, kde 3.5.2) for my imap accounts - today I am having a
>>> problem reading just 1 particular email -the email body is blank. There
>>> is the usual From, To, Subject etc. but the body does not contain
>>> anything. Even if I use View Source, all I get are the headers.
>>>
>>> I know that the body is not blank because if I use a webmail client
>>> (squirrelmail), I can see the complete message including the plain text
>>> in the body.
>>>
>>> Anybody come across this before or can suggest a solution to this issue?
>> Try viewing your e-mail as text only.
>>
> 
> I have it set to automatically view as text already - I did notice though that 
> in squirrelmail, there does appear to be an attachment marked as text/html.
> 
>> Is the e-mail a blank e-mail that contains an attachment that is the actual
>> message you see in squirellmail?
> 
> I don't believe the email is blank with just an attachment as even view 
> source, which displays the raw source on other messages with attachments does 
> not display anything.
> 
>> Are your options to view attachments set the way you want?
>>
> 
> I've tried all the different options for viewing attachments, from icons, 
> smart, in-line, hide and still the same result
> 
>> Just some thoughts....
> 
> Appreciate the thoughts - I really believe this is a kmail issue and for some 
> reason it is getting messed up on this single message.
> 
> When I initially click on the message in the message list, the preview pain is 
> completely blank - no header information. Only once I open the message do I 
> get the header info, but no body. If I click on another message and then back 
> to the problem message, the header info magically appears in the preview 
> window (still no body though).
> 
> Martin
> 
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Can you get the message source, either via the web client or the mail
server itself?  It likely is a malformed message.   It would be
interesting to find out what the senders email client is.  Have you
tried viewing this message in thunderbird or evolution?
I want to like kmail but it is way too slow for me to use as an Imap
client.
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