[kdepim-users] Understanding kmail imap resources

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 24 March 2008 10:29, Martin (KDE) wrote:
> Am Monday, 24. March 2008 schrieb Anne Wilson:
>
> please check with thunderbird with normal (online) imap connection if
> the contact and calendar are in the corresponding Contact and
> Calendar folders on the dovecot server. If not, it is no wonder, that
> the client box can not see the data.
>
Having problems here.  I'm not familiar with thunderbird, and can't find where 
to set the password.  I thought that perhaps trying to check mail would 
request the password, but it didn't, just getting a denial.

> > However, under
> > ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/dimap/.877071412.directory/.INBOX.directory
> >/ I can see the resource folders.  The calendar folder has 751
> > entries in cur.  The contacts folder has 217 entries in cur.  The
> > contact entries look like email messages, each containing a vcard.
> > The calendar entries look similar.  I would have said that they are
> > OK, but they seem to be not checked by the client box.  The
> > relevant subscriptions are all checked.  Any ideas?
>
> To get things right: you have added new contacts and appointments on
> the server box. These date are stored in your .kde directory and the
> content is shown in the addressbook and calendar respectively. So
> this part is OK.
>
> So we have to make sure, the data are stored on the imap server as
> well (while/after hitting ctrl-l or check mails on all accounts in
> kmail). For this please use thunderbird to confirm the existence on
> your dovecot server.
>
Hitting ctrl-l in kmail brought up

Error while uploading folder
Could not make the folder Calendar on the server.
This could be because you do not have permission to do this, or because the 
folder is already present on the server; the error message from the server 
communication is here:
Could Not Create Folder
An attempt to create the requested folder failed.
Details of the request:
URL: (unknown)
Date and time: Monday 24 March 2008 10:36
Additional information: imap://anne@192.168.0.40:143/INBOX.Calendar/
Possible causes:
Your access permissions may be inadequate to perform the requested operation 
on this resource.
The location where the folder was to be created may not exist.
A protocol error or incompatibility may have occurred.
Possible solutions:
Retry the request.
Check your access permissions on this resource.

The folders are, of course, already there.

> > Aside - as long as I have the client open with a non-working dimap
> > connection I get multiple copies of message in my inbox.  Closing
> > kmail on the client box stops this happening.  Hopefully, once we
> > have found the fault this problem will disappear.
>
> Yes, I had strange behaviour with kmail if there is a second
> connection to the same user on the same server. May be this is the
> case for you too.
>
I often leave my laptop's kmail open while I'm doing this kind of work, and 
that has never caused any problem.  It seems to be only the dimap connection 
that causes it.  Still, we'll worry about that later.

Anne
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