[kdepim-users] Seperate 'sets' of mail boxes

[Peter777]

It seems that the 'config' option doesn't work.  :(

Also, if I modify kmailrc to point to a set of mail boxes (a copy of ones that 
KMail had successfully opened previously), KMail cannot access the mail boxes 
at all.

I was hoping that KMail was a suitable replacement for Pegasus Mail, 
especially given the fact that it can import Pegasus mail boxes, etc. But two 
factors are unfortunately apparent:

1.  Support for KMail is very poor (I have had one response in total).
2.  Documentation is old and not comprehensive
3.  Features that are meant to work, do not

Pity, it seemed like it would suit my needs.  :(

Peter

On Tuesday 18 November 2008 13:03:27 Peter777 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This command ..
>
> $ kmail --config kmailrc_friends
>
> doesn't work, even if I fully qualify the path/filename of the
> file 'kmailrc_friends'.  Kmail is still looking at the folders in the old
> location, despite the fact that the file 'kmailrc_friends' is definitely
> pointing to ~/Mail/friends path.
>
> Have I got the format of the config parm correct ?  Has anyone had any
> experience with this type of thing please ?
>
> Would appreciate some answers please.  :)
>
> Peter
>
> On Monday 17 November 2008 20:21:38 Peter777 wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Further to this question about having seperate email boxes.
> >
> > I noticed in the Kmail options, the following ..
> >
> >   --config <filename>       Use alternative configuration file
> >
> > If I had (say) 4 different email boxes as follows:
> >
> > * friends   -  the email box resides  in ~/Mail/friends
> > * business   -  the email box resides  in ~/Mail/business
> > * other1   -  the email box resides  in ~/Mail/other1
> > * other2   -  the email box resides  in ~/Mail/other2
> >
> > then could I do this by simply having 4 kmailrc config files, one for
> > each email box, appropriately named (say):
> >
> > kmailrc_friends
> > kmailrc_business
> > kmailrc_other1
> > kmailrc_other2
> >
> > and then when I run Kmail, it would be of the format
> >
> > $ kmail --config kmailrc_friends
> > (etc,etc)
> >
> > Would this work ?  has anyone else tried to do this sort of thing.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On Sunday 16 November 2008 23:03:50 Peter777 wrote:
> > > Found this under the [General] section of kmailrc config file
> > >
> > > =====
> > > folders[$e]=$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail
> > > =====
> > >
> > > what does the '$e' do or indicate, is it some sort of parameter that
> > > can be parsed ?
> > >
> > > Just wondering if it may be some method to have seperate sets of mail
> > > boxes.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > On Sunday 16 November 2008 21:58:39 Peter777 wrote:
> > > > Have been using Pegasus Mail for a while, and was able to organise
> > > > complete sets of folders (and sub-folders) into different mail boxes.
> > > >
> > > > This was easily accessed by simply logging in by a username. For
> > > > example, some mail box sets may be ..
> > > >
> > > > * friends
> > > > * business
> > > > * other1
> > > > * other2
> > > >
> > > > It was a great way to seperate completely different sets of mail
> > > > boxes, and each set was stored in different paths. To use the
> > > > 'friends' mail box, I'd just login to pegasus, passing a username of
> > > > 'friends', or if no username supplied, it would prompt for one. You
> > > > could also swap between different mail box sets.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't learnt to drive KMail much yet, but it seems there is no
> > > > ability to have another complete set of mail boxes, is that correct ?
> > > >
> > > > There are identities, but that only changes name/email from, etc,
> > > > this is similar to identities in Pegasus. I have worked out if KMail
> > > > has the ability to control seperate mail boxes (and then
> > > > identitities, accounts, folders and sub-folders within each mail box
> > > > 'set'.
> > > >
> > > > Peter


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