After running for just a couple of hours, .xsession-errors is 12MB. There's lots of different stuff in it, but especially chatty is: kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap imapParser::namespaceForBox: imapParse::namespaceForBox "pedalers" kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::parseURL: IMAP4::parseURL - namespace= "" kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::parseURL: IMAP4::parseURL - delimiter= "/" kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::parseURL: IMAP4::parseURL - box= "pedalers" kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::parseURL: IMAP4::parseURL - return 3 kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::listDir: IMAP4Protocol::listDir - listStr= "pedalers/%" kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::listDir: IMAP4Protocol::listDir - got 0 kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::listDir: IMAP4Protocol::listDir - Finishing listDir kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::dispatch: IMAP4::dispatch - command= 80 kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::dispatch: IMAP4::dispatch - command= 67 kio_imap4(2825)/kio_imap IMAP4Protocol::get: IMAP4::get - "imaps://ndbecker2%40gmail.com at imap.gmail.com:993/pedalers/;UID=1:*;SECTION=FLAGS RFC822.SIZE" Seems every kmail update is churning out rediculous amounts of debugging.