[kdepim-users] Importing rather than moving mail?

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Wednesday 25 February 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2009 18:02:20 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Friday 20 February 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 23:04:01 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 18 February 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > I've had an exchange today with a guy who wanted to move his
> > > > > mail from  distro that must be 2-3 years old - back in the
> > > > > days when the defult destination was ~/Mail - to a current
> > > > > distro with KDE 4.  I'm not sure I've got the sequence of
> > > > > events right, but he tried copying the mail to the new
> > > > > destination, and he tried importing it.  He ended up with an
> > > > > odd display in the folder list panel, and nothing in the
> > > > > message list or message preview panels. Eventually he set
> > > > > about removing kmail altogether to get a clean start.
> > > > >
> > > > > In the end he did manage to import the mail, so he's puzzled,
> > > > > but satisfied. Meanwhile, I've not heard of this before.  Are
> > > > > there some circumstances where just copying your mail folders
> > > > > to the new destination won't work?  I don't want to be giving
> > > > > bad advice on this.
> > > >
> > > > I think it should work. Instead of copying the mail folders to
> > > > the new destination under ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail he could have
> > > > simply changed the folders entry in the [General] section in
> > > > kmailrc to folders=$HOME/Mail
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, my mail is still in $HOME/Mail.
> > >
> > > The same person is still having problems.  Today he says
> > > <quote>
> > > Spoke too soon. I got it to read the imported mail, and it
> > > receives mail, BUT I CANNOT get it to send mail. It is configured
> > > exactly the same as another kmail/2008.1 on another box that does
> > > work. Quick test with Opera mail - it can send fine, as can
> > > claws. Why not kmail? It looks like kmail was REALLY messed up by
> > > the read of the copied files. </quote>
> > >
> > > I can't see why attempting to import his mail would affect a
> > > configuration file.  OTOH, nor do I know where the 'Sending'
> > > configuration is held.
> > >
> > > Suggestions, please?
> >
> > Since KDE 3.5 the sending configuration is stored in
> > ~/.kde/share/config/mailtransports.
>
> How odd that I've never noticed that before!

I think I got it wrong. After checking I think it was added with KDE 4.0 
or 4.1.


Regards,
Ingo
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