[kontact] [Bug 508752] New: Creating a mailbox fails

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Tue Aug 26 09:20:28 BST 2025


https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508752

            Bug ID: 508752
           Summary: Creating a mailbox fails
    Classification: Applications
           Product: kontact
      Version First 6.5.0
       Reported In:
          Platform: Neon
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: mail
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: info at sinweb.de
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 184450
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=184450&action=edit
Step1

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Go to “Settings/Configure Kmail”, then “Add Mailbox” 
2. The mailbox wizard will be launched
3. All of the following dialog boxes for creating the new mailbox have been
filled out correctly.
4. After that, an error message appears.
In error in german:
Der IMAP-Server für den Zugang „SASL(-4): no mechanism available: No worthy
mechs found“ hat den angegebenen Benutzernamen und das Passwort zurückgewiesen.
Möchten Sie die Anmeldung erneut versuchen oder die Einstellungen anzeigen?


OBSERVED RESULT
Mailbox not working and showing as offline

EXPECTED RESULT
Mailbox should function correctly

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: KDE neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-28-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 4000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Creating a mailbox does not work with other mail providers either.
I have documented all the steps involved in setting up a mailbox with the
attached screenshots (6 Screenshots).

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