[RESOLVED] KMail sendmail option not working

[David Jarvie]

On Monday, 16 August 2021 21:23:32 BST David Jarvie wrote:
> I'm setting up KMail 20.08, and trying to configure it to send mails using
> sendmail. I've tested my sendmail (actually postfix) configuration using
> the command line, and it successfully sends messages.
> 
> However, the postfix log file doesn't show anything when I try to send a
> message using KMail, and KMail simply puts the message to send into the
> outbox with no error message. "Send queued messages" does nothing either
> 
> In the KMail configuration settings, in the Sending sub-tab of the Accounts
> tab, I added a sendmail account as the default (and only) account. I set
> the "sendmail location" field to /usr/sbin/sendmail, and left the "sendmail
> options" field blank. That's the same as a previously working KMail 4.14
> setup.
> 
> The Mail Dispatcher Agent resource is shown in akonadiconsole as"ready to
> dispatch messages", and I've tried restarting it too.
> 
> Any help to get sendmail working with KMail would be much appreciated.

After restarting my system overnight, KMail now sends successfully using 
sendmail.

Postfix itself worked yesterday, so the restart must have fixed something in 
KMail or Akonadi.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KDE developer, KAlarm author.