Kmail kde3 to kde4

[Sven]

On Wednesday 14 October 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 October 2009 10:36:25 Sven wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is a problem each time I update. I have switched to kde4 piece by
> >  piece. Now started kmail för latest 4.3.2.
> >
> > I'm using one pop3 account and two imap accounts. Kmail for kde4 picked
> > up the folders stored localy, that is the pop3 folders. But:
> >
> > * None of my previous identities are listed in kmail settings
> > * None of the accounts for receiving or sending are listed in kmail
> >  settings.
> >
> > I have tried to copy the entire .kde/.../kmail AND /kabc folders to the
> >  .kde4/ folder.
> >
> > How can I proceed. I did search the userbase/kmail but no help.
> >
> > For addressbook I exported the old kde3 as LDIF and then imported this
> > into kde4.
> >
> > Any advice how I can resolve this without having to enter all the
> >  information for different accounts, signatures etc etc manually
> 
> It should not have been necessary for you to do anything at all.  Your old
> settings are usually found and used.  Anyway,
> http://userbase.kde.org/KMail/FAQs_Hints_and_Tips#Migration gives a list of
> the files that you need to check for.  You'll probably find that you missed
> the mailtransports, emaildefaults and emailidentities files
> 
> Anne
> 
Thank's for your help Anne! I did almost succeed. Only the accounts for 
sending were missing. I entered this manually. Now it works fine.

Best wishes

Sven
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