[kdepim-users] kmail stopped working totally

[Alan McKinnon]

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:11:59 -0400
Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> > That _almost_ worked.  Problem is, many configs and symlinks had
> > the name 'nbecker2' in them - and some binary database files.
> > 
> > Try #2: rename /home/nbecker -> /home/nbecker.old
> > make a new user 'nbecker' forcing the same uid
> > Repeat above procedure, this time copying everything to nbecker.old
> > Finally, mv /home/nbecker.old -> /home/nbecker, then get rid of
> > extra user account.
> > 
> > I think I'm back in business (not certain yet)
> >   
> And guess what?  That only fixed it temporarily.  kmail is once again
> not working.  It doesn't check mail.  And if I try to edit my mail
> receive configuration (for gmail imap), nothing happens.  No dialog
> opens.
> 
> Well I think I replaced every config file that could possibly be
> replaced.> That _almost_ worked.  Problem is, many configs and
> symlinks had the name 'nbecker2' in them - and some binary database
> files.
> 
> Try #2: rename /home/nbecker -> /home/nbecker.old
> make a new user 'nbecker' forcing the same uid
> Repeat above procedure, this time copying everything to nbecker.old
> Finally, mv /home/nbecker.old -> /home/nbecker, then get rid of extra
> user account.
> 
> I think I'm back in business (not certain yet)
>   
And guess what?  That only fixed it temporarily.  kmail is once again
not working.  It doesn't check mail.  And if I try to edit my mail
receive configuration (for gmail imap), nothing happens.  No dialog
opens.

Well I think I replaced every config file that could possibly be
replaced.


I recall something similar myself when I still used kmail2. The details
are fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure my imap connections halted if the
network went a bit flaky. It was as if the mail resource was tagged
off-line and nothing other than a restart would bring it on-line again.

I think it would be worth while to firmly establish what the following
actions do individually when your problem occurs (if you haven't already
reported this info):

1. Right-click the mail account in akonadi-console and restart the agent
(this does not appear to be something you can do in kmail2 settings
itself)
2. restart kmail
3. restart akonadi

-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon at gmail.com
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