[kdepim-users] kmail dead after 4.10 update

[David Jarvie]

On Fri, February 8, 2013 8:12 pm, Werner Joss wrote:
> On Freitag, 8. Februar 2013 15:48:19 CEST, Werner Joss wrote:
>> On Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2013 21:35:32 CEST, Andras Mantia wrote:
>>> Unfortunately it doesn't tell me too much.
>>> Some other ideas:
>>> - run kdebugdialog and turn off all debug areas, than repeat
>>> the akonadictl restart in a terminal to get rid of some noise.
>>> - run akonadiconsole and (temporarly) enable the debugger and
>>> see if there is heavy traffic going on when you select a
>>> folder.
>>> - turn off nepomuk and see if helps
>>
>> I had already tried this:
>> akonadictl stop
>> remove offending resource (imap account) in akonadiconsole
>> restart akonadi
>> reconfigure imap account in kmail
>>
>> now account seems to be active, mails are beeing retrieved
>> (seems to, at least).
>> but unfortunately, my kmail does not show any
>> folders/accounts/messages, just everything empty.
>> see http://picpaste.com/kmail0-MmPX6sFj.png
>>
>> what could I try next ?
>> Werner
>
> so, well, I managed to get a step further (not much, though), but still no
> mail.
> all in all, it turns out this 'update' (not the first time, but once
> again) destroyed virtually anything related to kde_pim, except things
> which do not rely on nepomuk/akonadi.
> which is IMHO still the root of all evil in kde, after 5 years.
> please drop this crap and focuse on simple components, e.g. trojita, which
> works well, but of course still lacks basic functionality like signing,
> encryption, and, in the first place, an addressbook.
> this is my last post on this list for now, as I'm going back again to
> trinity, which thankfully still provides a full kde pim suite from the
> 3.5.x days.
> easy to configure/maintain/troubleshoot, works like a charm.

Another option would be to use Debian, which will still be using kdepim
4.4 even for its next stable release due out "soon". That way you get KDE
4 with the old kdepim.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KDE developer.
KAlarm author - http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm

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