[kdepim-users] kmail2 apparently losing mail while migrating to local imap

[Martin (KDE)]

Am 07.09.2011 16:07, schrieb James K. Gruetzner:
> On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 07:34:11 Darknight wrote:
>> On Wednesday 07 September 2011 14:57:21 Darknight wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 07 September 2011 14:43:23 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>>> Yes, I solved the problem quite nicely.
>>>>
>>>> I realized that KDEPIM fits all the characteristics of a second major
>>>> project (read The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks to find out
>>>> how very dangerous such project are) and is therefore unlikely to ever
>>>> work properly. So I excised KDEPIM from all my machines and am now
>>>> happily using claws-mail.
>>>>
>>>> Harsh words? Sure. But I believe justified.
>>>>
>>>> The final straw (after happily using kmail for 6 years) was when kmail2
>>>> started silently deleting mail folders.
>>>
>>> I'm fed up too, I used to swear by kmail but no more.
>>> I'm going to use thunderbird but I still need to move my (gargantuan)
>>> folders to the imap server, can claws *painlessly* import them and do the
>>> work?
>>
>> I reply to myself so that others may benefit. I found out that I can create
>> an mbox resource and put the mail there, other mail programs will be able
>> to read it.
>  
> If you have time, could you either post a how-to or a link on how to do this (I'm 
> a scientific programmer, not an applications guy).  I've been using kmail for years 
> and haven't switched to kmail2 yet.  The prospect of kmail2 silently deleting mail 
> folders as reported is a large risk, so I'd best start looking for and evaluating 
> other options soon.  

If you really need your mails use an imap server. dovecot is not hard to
set up and you can use every mail client you want. I use an imap server
for more than ten years (which handles the filtering independent from
mail client btw.) and use kmail, thunderbird, and some other mail
clients without any problems.

I never had migration issues, besides setting up the mail program to my
needs.

Regards

Martin

> 
> Thanks for your help.
>    James
> 
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