[kdepim-users] Empty databases and recreate indexes from scratch

[ianseeks]

On Saturday, 19 March 2016 21:09:56 GMT Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Saturday 19 March 2016 08:03:17 ianseeks wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I'm getting such a lot of duplicates mails (i use filtering) and i'm
> > not sure where the problem lies. Its is also creating a situation
> > where it takes ages (and sometimes not at all) to show the contents
> > of a folder in kmail. Is there a wiki or something that would
> > instruct on how to remove all files that feed off kmail and start it
> > all from scratch?
> 
> The most simple approach (for IMAP accounts) is to re-create the
> account. I did this for a few of my accounts. Make sure that all
> messages are really on the IMAP server (e.g. by checking via webmail)
> before you remove the old account.
> 
> For local accounts (including POP accounts) re-creating the account is
> not so easy. But you could still create a new POP account for the new
> mail and keep the old account as archive.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo
Thanks, mine are all POP.  It just seems odd that "Remove Duplicates" seems to 
work, is the "duplicate" test being made by the function populating the 
folders using different criteria to test for a duplicate from "Remove 
Duplicates"?