G'day all. I'm running KMail 1.4 on KDE 3.0.2 on SuSE 8. I'm using our company IMAP server. In the "Folders" panel of the KMail interface, I see a folder for each of my local folders, plus an entry for the server (panda). Panda has sub-folders for all the usual Exchange Server folders (such as inbox, Calendar, Contacts, Deleted Items, Sent Items...) When I open KMail, I have to click the 'panda' folder and then the 'inbox' folder, in order to trigger the retrieval of my mail from the server. All the new mail pours into the local "picture" of the server's "kevin's inbox". So, at this point, I believe I have a local copy of what exists in my folder on the server (i.e., hundreds or thousands of e-mails that have come in since the last time I checked). Or, maybe it's just titles and I don't actually have complete copies... not sure how that works. My filters, apparently are not triggered by this arrival. I have to do "Edit > Select all" and then "Message > Apply Filters". The system churns for a few minutes, and my server-reflection "inbox" is emptied into my various folders. Then, a progress bar appears at the bottom right corner of the KMail window, while (presumably) KMail cleans up all the messages that have just been filtered. This takes a bit of time (a few seconds, to a couple of minutes, depending on the number of messages). If I click on any folder while that cleanup is proceeding, the process dies with an error message, leaving behind any messages that had not been cleared from my local server-inbox copy folder. If I don't clean them up manually, they will be RE-copied, along with any new arrivals, the next time I invoke my filters, and my archive folders will receive a bunch of duplicates. Is this the way it's supposed to work? To my way of thinking (usually incorrect, if it's about Linux) I should be able to click on another folder without killing an active process. Either *nothing* should happen (the click should be ignored), or else my click should be cached until the current process is done. I don't see the utility of having a valid process be ungracefully killed by the mere act of selecting another folder within the KMail folder's panel. If it's going to kill the "cleanup after filtering" process, then I think KMail should present an "are you sure?" dialog, and give me the option to say: "whoops! continue cleaning up... I didn't mean to interrupt." This has been consistent since I've had SuSE 8 and KMail on this laptop. Does anybody else's setup work like this? (I previously had SuSE 7.3 and Evolution, so I don't have a history against which I can compare.) It's not a big deal, just a little annoyance that I'd like to understand better. Maybe my folders or my server connection need to be specified differently. Any insights? /kevin -- ** DIR-ty DEEDS, and they're DONE dirt cheap. (Sing it, now...)