[kdepim-users] Re: kmaill sent-mail folders.

[Ingo Klöcker]

Hi Alessandro,

I'm replying to the mailing list so that others can probably make 
further suggestions.

On Tuesday 25 January 2011, Alessandro wrote:
> Dear Ingo,
> 
> thanks for you help, first of all.
> I forgot to say about the running versions; they are the one that you
> guessed (kmail 1.13.15 and kde sc 4.5.3)
> 
> The folders too are the one you guessed, but there are not files,
> even when kmail is running.
> 
> The account type is disconnected imap.
> 
> I have lost completely the kmail folder, and i would like to recover
> the mails from a backup.
> I was able to recover the inbox mail from gmail, but since i wrote
> all my mails directly from kmail none of the sent mails is stored in
> google web servers.

A tip for the future: Add yourself as BCC to all messages. (You can do 
this in the Identity configuration in KMail.) This way all messages you 
send will be archived in your gmail account.


> then i was thinking: if i find the sent mails files, i could simply
> move them from the backup!

The data of disconnected IMAP accounts are stored under 
~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/dimap

The data of a specific account is stored in a directory called something 
like .1234567890.directory (where 1234567890 is just an example). But I 
don't think you will find a sent-mail folder there because gmail doesn't 
seem to have a sent-mail folder.

If in your backup ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail is empty then your backup 
seems to be incomplete and your sent-mail folder is most likely gone. 
Sorry.


Regards,
Ingo


> > On Monday 24 January 2011, Alessandro wrote:
> > > can you help me with this question? thanks
> > > 
> > > http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=92648
> > 
> > Reading the above thread it seems you want to know where KMail's
> > sent- mail folder resides in the file system.
> > 
> > Apparently, you are using KMail 1.13.5 (with KDE SC 4.5).
> > 
> > First let's find out where KDE stores its settings. Run the
> > following
> > 
> > command in Konsole:
> >     kde4-config --localprefix
> > 
> > I guess it's ~/.kde for you.
> > 
> > Next let's find out where KMail's folders reside. Run the following
> > 
> > command (all in one line) in Konsole:
> >     kreadconfig --file `kde4-config
> >     --localprefix`/share/config/kmailrc
> > 
> > --group General --key folders
> > 
> > This will probably be ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail for you. If yes,
> > then this directory should contain a file or directory called
> > sent-mail.
> > 
> > If there's no such file or directory then I don't know.
> > 
> > Why are you asking anyway? Are there messages in the sent-mail
> > folder below Local Folders when you run KMail? Or are we talking
> > about IMAP accounts?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ingo

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