[Bug 258537] New: Mail folder in wrong place, cannot be replaced

[abrahams at acm.org]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258537

           Summary: Mail folder in wrong place, cannot be replaced
           Product: kmail
           Version: 1.13.5
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: abrahams at acm.org


Version:           1.13.5 (using KDE 4.5.3) 
OS:                Linux

According to the kmail help file, mail is kept in ~/Mail.  That is incorrect;
it is kept in .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail.  At least in my Kubuntu system
(10.04), ~/Mail does not exist at all.

Another related problem is that you can't just copy a Mail file from some other
installation and plug it into the mail location cited above.  If you try to do
that, you get a message:

KMail could not create folder '/home/pwa/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail';
please make sure that you can view and modify the content of the folder
'/home/pwa'.

That message appears to be bogus.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Place a file in .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail and try to start kmail.

Actual Results:  
Message cited above.

Expected Results:  
Replacement file treated as the existing message set.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.35-23-generic
Compiler: cc

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