[Bug 161613] New: kmail saves its maildir in the config, potential dataloss

[Stefan Monov]

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           Summary: kmail saves its maildir in the config, potential
                    dataloss
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: logixoul gmail com


Version:           1.9.6 enterprise (using KDE 3.5.9)

The [General] section of kmailrc contains this line:
folders=$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail

For some reason it didn't change when I switched to kde4 (even though I started with clean config and imported all the mail), and then... I deleted ~/.kde, assuming everything I needed was in ~/.kde4. So I lost all my mail.
Could kmail be changed to always use $KDEHOME/share/apps/kmail/mail, rather than rely on an (unreliable) config setting?