The folder you deleted ....

[Ian Douglas]

On Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:01:09 SAST René J.V. Bertin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >However it was not ME that deleted anything ... I was not even at the
> >computer. And don't think I have an intruder lurking around inside my PC
> >....
> Any consistency in which folder is being deleted? Is it really deleted from
> the disk (supposing there's an on-disk equivalent)? Do you have expiry set
> up for the accounts in question?
> 

No, my mail folders are totally screwed (KDE PIM three different updates 
screwed things up three times over recent years, back to 2013). Currently mail 
is stored in some sort of Akonadi cache directory (numbered folders) rather 
than where it is supposed to go.

As far as I can remember, all three deleted folders were "inbox for xxx 
account" (I have numerous POP3 mail accounts, each with own inbox. All mail is 
POP3, no IMAP)

Of course, right after posting my above message, mail started arriving and 
landing in the usual folder, and what's more, at least one filter (that was 
been broken on automatic, but working on manual), started working  
automatically ...

And this is while KDE was running ... I did restart Kmail after things looked 
odd but last software updates were yesterday, so don't know if some library in 
memory got reloaded or what .... and behaviour is suddenly different. Or if 
Akonadi now has some sort of "heal myself" mode running slowly in the 
background.

I've given up trying to understand what Kmail/Akonadi does ... :-)

Thanks, Ian


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