any progress on kmail in debian buster?

[John White]

I unchecked "connect using system proxy settings" and that has helped immensely.  
My kmail has been very usable for about 24 hours now, though perhaps not back to 
where it was before I switched to Buster.

John

On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:07:08 PM PDT John White wrote:
> Bottom posted:
> 
> On Thursday, September 5, 2019 7:59:57 AM PDT John White wrote:
> > On Friday, August 16, 2019 11:34:40 AM PDT John White wrote:
> > > > On Friday, August 16, 2019 7:35:24 AM PDT Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > > > Hi John.
> > > > > 
> > > > > John White - 14.08.19, 19:16:54 CEST:
> > > > > >  Since updating from jessie to buster kmail (pop-3) has not worked
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > right. It simply won't open, save, etc some emails.  This really
> > > > > > messes things up.  If it keep trying to open one of the problem
> > > > > > emails, kmail goes into la la land
> > > > > > and just churns and churns.  Eventually, often, the computer will
> > > > > > just
> > > > > > freeze.  If it is not fixed soon, I fear I will have to try
> > > > > > another
> > > > > > email client.  As I love kmail, I will only do that if I have no
> > > > > > choice.  I am told bug reports have been made, but its looking
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > nothing is being done.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have Debian Sid with still the same KMail/Akonadi version than in
> > > > > Debian Buster and I cannot reproduce this issue. POP3 just works
> > > > > fine
> > > > > here. Using Akonadi with PostgreSQL backend, but it worked fine with
> > > > > MariaDB as well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Without further information (see my mail to peter in the thread 'All
> > > > > local folders lost in KMail' for some hints on what information
> > > > > could
> > > > > be
> > > > > interesting) there is nothing more I can say.
> > > > > 
> > > > > But here is some other generic hints on what information to include:
> > > > > 
> > > > > KDE PIM/Development/Bug Reports
> > > > > 
> > > > > https://community.kde.org/KDE_PIM/Development/Bug_Reports
> > > > > 
> > > > > As for the situation in Debian: I am not happy about it. I do have
> > > > > some
> > > > > stability issues with KMail 18.04 in Debian just crashing several
> > > > > times
> > > > > a day to due some Qt WebEngine related issue that has been fixed in
> > > > > newer
> > > > > versions. However… Akonadi mostly behaves here, especially after I
> > > > > switched to PostgreSQL.
> > > > > 
> > > > > However… upstream is not responsible for what version is packaged in
> > > > > Debian. You could ask on debian-kde mailing list. Some members of
> > > > > the
> > > > > Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Team are subscribed there. However the chances
> > > > > for
> > > > > any backport of a newer KDEPIM version for Debian Sid to Debian
> > > > > Buster
> > > > > would be slim as the team is very small and may just not manage to
> > > > > find
> > > > > the time to provide and maintain such a backport.
> > > > > 
> > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/
> > > > > 
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Martin
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 8:07:27 AM PDT John White wrote:
> > > > > > > Since updating from jessie to buster kmail has not worked right.
> > > > > > > It
> > > > > > > simply won't open, save, etc some emails.  This really messes
> > > > > > > things up.  If it keep trying to open one of the problem emails,
> > > > > > > kmail goes into la la land and just churns and churns.
> > > > > > > Eventually,
> > > > > > > often, the computer will just freeze.  If it is not fixed soon,
> > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > fear I will have to try another email client.  As I love kmail,
> > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > will only do that if I have no choice.  I am told bug reports
> > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > been made, but its looking like nothing is being done.
> > > > > > > 
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