[Kde-pim] Akonadi keeps re-downloading gigabytes of mail, and other problems

[ianseeks]

On Monday, 25 April 2016 17:03:06 BST rysiek wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been a KDE PIM user for more than a decade now, and I have mail in my
> KDE PIM archive to prove it. Apparently Akonadi does not like that. When I
> was using it on Kubuntu 14.04, it was *slow*. Now, on 16.04 (versions
> listed below) it's faster, but:
>  - keeps randomly redownloading all my IMAP e-mails (several gigabytes)
>  - fails to show some messages' contents (displays the metadata only)
>  - regularly stops working (I have to restart it upwards of 4 times a day)
> 
> I tried asking on the IRC channel on Freenode, but got no response. After
> years upon years of using KDE PIM I am seriously considering moving to
> something else now.

Try running:
akonadictl fsck
akonadictl vacuum

I don't know if it will do any good for you but it cures my problem of getting 
a lot of duplicate emails.  I need to run them as soon as i get a duplication 
and it stops it for a while.


> $ dpkg -l | grep akonadi
> ii  akonadi-backend-mysql                           4:15.12.3-0ubuntu6
> all          MySQL storage backend for Akonadi
> ii  akonadi-server                                  4:15.12.3-0ubuntu6
> amd64        Akonadi PIM storage service
> ii  akonadiconsole                                  4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        management and debugging console for akonadi
> ii  libakonadi-contact4                             4:4.14.10-1ubuntu2
> amd64        Akonadi contacts access library
> ii  libakonadi-kde4                                 4:4.14.10-1ubuntu2
> amd64        library for using the Akonadi PIM data server
> ii  libakonadi-kmime4                               4:4.14.10-1ubuntu2
> amd64        Akonadi MIME handling library
> ii  libakonadiprotocolinternals1                    1.13.0-8ubuntu2
> amd64        libraries for the Akonadi PIM storage service
> ii  libkf5akonadiagentbase5:amd64                   4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi agent base library
> ii  libkf5akonadicalendar5:amd64                    4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        library providing calendar helpers for Akonadi items
> ii  libkf5akonadicontact5:amd64                     4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi contacts access library
> ii  libkf5akonadicore-bin                           4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Tools for Akonadi core library
> ii  libkf5akonadicore5:amd64                        4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi core library
> ii  libkf5akonadimime5:amd64                        4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi MIME handling library
> ii  libkf5akonadinotes5:amd64                       4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi notes access library
> ii  libkf5akonadiprivate5                           4:15.12.3-0ubuntu6
> amd64        libraries for the Akonadi PIM storage service
> ii  libkf5akonadisearchdebug5:amd64                 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi search debug library
> ii  libkf5akonadisearchpim5:amd64                   4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi search library
> ii  libkf5akonadiwidgets5:amd64                     4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1
> amd64        Akonadi widgets library


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