[kmail2] [Bug 332242] New: Crash on startup if a trash folder is missing

[Jürgen Starek]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332242

            Bug ID: 332242
           Summary: Crash on startup if a trash folder is missing
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 4.12.3
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: crash
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: juergen at starek.net

If, for any account, a trash folder gets deleted outside of KMail, the program
will display an error message

"kmail could not create collection trash"

and will terminate on confirmation of the dialog field.

Instead, KMail should redirect the user to the account configuration dialog so
that they have a chance to alter the location of the trash folder.

This behaviour has already been discussed in bug 255104, which was closed as
"RESOLVED" although no action was taken and it took years for someone to
publish a workaround.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Set up at least one mail account in kmail with a non-standard (i.e.
user-configured) location of the trash folder. Exit KMail, delete the folder
through another mail client or webmailer, restart KMail and observe the
described behaviour.
Actual Results:  
KMail displays an error dialog and immediately exits after confirmation of the
dialog.

Expected Results:  
KMail should redirect users to the account configuration window so that they
can update the location of the trash folder.

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