[kdepim-users] kmail and the folders

[Martin (KDE)]

Am Samstag, 31. Dezember 2011, 18:08:56 schrieb Martin:
> Hallo
> 
> I recently moved from one 32 bit system to my new 64 bit system. As I use a
> centralised home system Installation was not that complicated, but kmail
> made a mess out of my folder configuration (all in one single online imap
> server).
> 
> So I took the chance and a look into kmail2rc file. There are many folder
> based configurations like:
> 
> [Folder-22]
> ExpireAction=Delete
> ExpireMessages=false
> ExpireToFolder=
> HideInSelectionDialog=false
> IgnoreNewMail=false
> MailingListArchiveAddress=
> MailingListEnabled=false
> MailingListFeatures=0
> MailingListHandler=0
> MailingListHelpAddress=
> MailingListId=
> MailingListOwnerAddress=
> MailingListPostingAddress=
> MailingListSubscribeAddress=
> MailingListUnsubscribeAddress=
> PutRepliesInSameFolder=false
> ReadExpireAge=3
> ReadExpireUnits=3
> UnreadExpireAge=12
> UnreadExpireUnits=0
> UseDefaultIdentity=true
> htmlLoadExternalOverride=false
> htmlMailOverride=false
> 
> But what is missing: which folder does this configuration belong to? Wher do
> I get the folder name from this configuration belongs to?
> 
> Anyway, now the configuration for my previous digikam-user mailinglist
> folder (was Folder-99) now belongs to my kde announcement folder.
> 
> Last time I had such a mess I lost mails due to wrongly assign a mailing
> list folder with expiration set to my sent folder.
> 
> Isn't this a little bit risky to assign completely unrelated configuration
> to folders they don't belong to? I have to check if there are mails missing
> in all my sub folders.

So, setting delete on expiration is definitely a bad idea if you plan to move 
your mail base around. I lost many mails (thanks to backup not permanently). I 
don't know why this happened, why kmail set expiration to the wrong folders. I 
have to file a bug on this issue then.

Martin

> 
> Regards
> Martin
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