[kde-linux] sylpheed -> kmail 4.1.3, threads screwed

[Jesús Guerrero]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:01:28 +0100
Jesús Guerrero <i92guboj at terra.es> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I wanted to test how kmail has developed in the last few months so I backed up
> all my mail and compiled kmail.
> 
> It's all nice and working for the most part but I can't seem to make it show my
> threads correctly, which is a major issue if you consider that some folders host
> more than 60k mails.
> 
> This would render kmail unusable for me, so I wanted to know if I am doing
> something wrong, or it's that the kmail and sylpheed schemes are just incompatible.
> 
> Kmail imported the mail from my sylpheed mailbox without any major problem, and
> I can see the mail in kmail once it's imported.
> 
> http://jesgue.homelinux.org/other-files/kmail.jpg
> 
> In that screenshot you can see how my lists are messed up, and the options I
> selected in my config regarding lists. I've tried to turn on/off many of them
> and nothing changed in this regard. This is how I see the same list in sylpheed:
> 
> http://jesgue.homelinux.org/other-files/sylph.jpg
> 
> Some lists, like the vimperator one, seems to be ok (though I haven't checked
> if it's correctly sorted, but at least I can see the arrow on the left ">",
> telling me that there's a thread in there).
> 
> Is there anything I am missing or does anyone know of a method to migrate
> in a relatively painless way?

I'll respond myself in case someone else is having the same problem.

You will have to export each folder in mbox format from sylpheed, then import
those folders into kmail. The threads then will be correctly displayed.
-- 
Jesús Guerrero <i92guboj at terra.es>
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