[kmail2] [Bug 439306] New: More gmail kmail failings

[davidblunkett]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439306

            Bug ID: 439306
           Summary: More gmail kmail failings
           Product: kmail2
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: UI
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: dav1dblunk3tt at hotmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

v 5.13.3

So today kmail borked with gmail in a horribly familiar way, it just hung
trying to sync the inbox only this time with a message in the status bar
"trying to update an item" or similar.

So begins the many rounds of restarting akonadi - no effect, restarting kmail -
no effect, rebooting the computer - no effect.  Provoking kmail to
reauthenticate with gmail - back to the familiar problems, kmail is not a
trusted browser so can't get in.

So I resort to the "authenticate as plain" solution to this and modify my
account but this does not fix the problem.

Back to the next solution: add a parallel gmail account and this is where the
new bug comes in:  I need to add a gmail account and I need this to be "plain",
I can bodge the wizard to make this happen and I can create the account and the
account works BUT I cannot dismiss the wizard.  I either have back or forward
buttons but the finish button is never ungreyed.  The cancel button works but
this deletes my nice new working account.  

Not matter what I try I can only get to the point where I have a working
account and an open wizard, any attempt to get rid of the wizard removes the
account.

The fix (if you can call it that) is to go through the process and then "kill
-9 xxx" kmail and restart it.  This gains the working account without the
unwanted wizard.

So... gmail authentication should work (but doesn't), plain authentication
should be easy to set up (but isn't because kmail insists you want gmail
authentication) and it should be able to add a non-functional account (which
can be fixed later) but you can't because the only exit from the account set up
is "cancel" (which removes things).

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