[kdepim-users] kmail stopped working totally

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:27:54 -0400
Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:26:10 -0400
> > Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Neal Becker wrote:
> >> 
> >> > kdepim-4.7.0-1.fc15.x86_64
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > Started with kmail won't send queued mail (again).  I had
> >> > previously solved this using
> >> > akonadictl restart
> >> > 
> >> > This time no good.
> >> > 
> >> > receive set to imap.  That stopped working also (I believe).
> >> > After fiddling with akonadi console, I finally deleted the
> >> > receiving account (from gmail). Then tried to add a new imap.
> >> > Can't do it! I can add, but clicking on 'modify' to configure
> >> > it, nothing happens, except this message:
> >> > 
> >> > Known subscriber "akonadi_imap_resource_2" subscribes again
> >> > 
> >> > So now can't send mail anymore.   Can't receive anymore.
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> I see if I try to add a pop receive account, at least I get a
> >> dialog to configure it.  Adding imap there is no dialog to
> >> configure it and no way to configure it (modify does nothing - no
> >> dialog is opened).
> > 
> > The description of your problem is some what general so it's hard to
> > figure where to start, you are likely to get either a lot of
> > possible things to check, or none at all.
> > 
> > One piece of advice I can offer is to create a new test user and
> > configure this user to use the same mail settings you use now. When
> > everything is done and working, compare both sets of *config files*
> > looking for differences. Most people complaining of odd kmail2
> > behaviour seem to have gone through several migrations and upgrades
> > with the same config files, the chances you did too are good.
> > 
> > This isn't something you should do right away, it's a big gun
> > approach, something useful to keep in mind as a last resort when
> > you've truly done everything else you can think of and nothing was
> > successful.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Only problem is, I don't know what files to compare.  And, are they
> all text files, or is some of this in the form of sql database?
> 
> In ~/.config/akonadi I see suspicious stuff:
>   -rw-rw-r--   1 nbecker nbecker      41 Sep  8 16:34 
> agent_config_akonadi_imap_resource_5
> [Agent]
> Name=IMAP Account 6
> Online=false
> 
>   -rw-rw-r--   1 nbecker nbecker       8 Sep  8 16:33 
> agent_config_akonadi_imap_resource_5_changes.dat

They are regular KDE text config files in ~/.kde4/share/config


-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon at gmail.com
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