[kdepim-users] yet another failed KMail2 migration

[O. Sinclair]

On 26/06/2013 10:43, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 10:09, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 09:43:04 PM "O. Sinclair"
>> <o.sinclair at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 25/06/2013 23:05, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>>> OK, my fully-workable KDE 4.6.5 KMail doesn't import into KMail2 on
>>>> KDE 4.10. I copied all the right files into place, ran kmail-migrator
>>>> and had no errors reported. I opened KMail and though it sees my
>>>> folder structure, it doesn't show any emails in the folders. A popup
>>>> message says "resource kmail folders is broken" and stopping akonadi
>>>> and then restarting it shows a bunch of these:
>>>>
>>>> akonadi_mixedmaildir_resource_0(6653)/akonadiresource (maildir): "User
>>>> canceled operation. (Folder /home/jerome/Mail/Avra does not seem to be
>>>> a valid email folder)"
>>>> akonadi_mixedmaildir_resource_0(6653)/akonadiresource (maildir):
>>>> "Folder /home/jerome/Mail/Avra does not seem to be a valid email
>>>> folder" collection: Collection ID: 48    remote ID: "sent-mail"
>>>>
>>>>      name: "sent-mail"
>>>>      url: KUrl("akonadi://?collection=48")
>>>>      parent: 17 "Avra"
>>>>      resource: "akonadi_mixedmaildir_resource_0"
>>>>      rights: QFlags(0x1|0x2|0x4|0x8|0x10|0x20)
>>>>      contents mime type: ("message/rfc822", "inode/directory")
>>>>      isVirtual: false
>>>>
>>>>       CachePolicy:
>>>>      inherit: true
>>>>      interval: -1
>>>>      timeout: 1
>>>>      sync on demand: true
>>>>      local parts: ("ENVELOPE")
>>>>
>>>>       CollectionStatistics:
>>>>      count: -1
>>>>      unread count: -1
>>>>      size: -1
>>>>
>>>> That's funny, they were valid for KMail1. Nothing I find in Google
>>>> tells me how to deal with either of these situations.
>>>
>>> I always advice against using the migrator. Make a clean install,
>>> recreate accounts and import old email following that is what has worked
>>> for me.
>>
>> And if that doesn't work - how do I get this giant turd to float?
>>
>> Seriously, email clients have been a Done Deal for 20 years at least for
>> me, and here it is 2013 and KMail2 can't see messages in folders copied
>> straight from a functional KMail1 setup, and when it can see messages it
>> can't show the contents, from a tree of *text files* (maildir). And all
>> this for some misguided notion that we need some silly-ass binary (!)
>> database to sit between us and that perfectly-good tree of *text files*,
>> making KMail now as transparent as MS Exchange/Outlook. 12 hours later
>> and
>> I'm still having to use my KMail1 setup to Actually Do E-Mail.
>>
>> So I guess my remaining question is "How can I use maildir with Claws-
>> Mail?"
>
> If that does not work (did you try?) then I seriously suspect your
> choice of language will not get much positive response. And as for
> Clawsmail I have no idea.
>
> For the record I migrated (via "fresh install then import method") at
> least 2 years ago and I agree the ride has been bumpy at times. But
> currently, on Kubuntu 12.10 with KDE 4.10.4 (corresponding KDEPIM
> version) I have very few problems. This page still gives hinters and I
> used the "no migration" method, as mentioned:
>
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Final/Kubuntu/Kmail2
>
To correct myself: almost 2 years ago...
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