Making kmail5 work from kmail-1.9 mails?

[Anders Lund]

fredag den 3. december 2021 15.25.34 CET skrev rhkramer at gmail.com:
> On Friday, December 03, 2021 08:41:51 AM Gene Heskett wrote:
> > In my quest to get a working email agent, first question is "how do I get
> > kmail5
> > 
> > to recognize and read, about 7 gigs and 45 maildir folders worth of old
> > kmail-1.9 mail"?
> > 
> > 
> > Ideally it should create folder entries in the left panel simply by
> > finding
> > the folder in
> > 
> > /home/$me/Mail, as it is already there, but currently invisible to kmail5.
> 
> Just postulating because no one else has responded -- maybe kmail5 can't
> read maildirs directly but somehow have to be input to or recognized by
> Akonadi?

Probably. Settings -> Configure KMail then in the dialog Accounts/Receiving, 
create a maildir resource.

Kindly,
Anders