i've read about this... this is the first time i have experienced it. what do i do?

[Ianseeks]

On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:29:38 BST salamandir wrote:
> On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 01:45:36 PDT Ianseeks, an eminent manifestation 
> of divinity, wrote:
> > Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions of
> > kmail and related software.
> 
> how do i upgrade an application that is not in my repositories?
You'll have to chap to you distro support for that.
 
> for that matter, why is a deficient version of whatever software is causing 
> the problem part of the repository for the LTS version of the system?
Speak to your distro team. 

You can try this http://tinyurl.com/n6hl8fl - i used to use it now and again and it helped for a while

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