Does KMail Require (via Akanodi) A Google Account?

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2023 01:56:18 CEST Emmet West wrote:
> I'm trying to test out KMail (on Debian 12), with my yahoo!mail account. The
> wizard asks me to "Provide personal data", and then I click on "Next". Then
> it offers IMAP or POP; IMAP is pre-selected, and is what I need, so I leave
> that. There's an "Add Account" button under the "Pop" settings, so I leave
> that alone, and select "Next". Nothing happens. So I guess maybe I'm
> supposed to "Add Account", even though that's what I thought I was already
> doing, and even though it seems related to POP, which I'm not wanting to
> do? So I select "Add Account", reluctantly, and then a browser window opens
> asking me to log into a Google account. I close that window (I'm not
> wanting to log into a Google account), and get back to the KMail "Account
> Assistant", where it's asking for PGP-related stuff. That's too thick for
> my puny brain, so I unselect both checkboxes ("Secure your email?" and
> "Publish your key?") and click on "Next". Then I'm told my setup is
> complete, and I click on "Finish". That takes me back to the KMail window,
> and I find no evidence of my yahoo!mail account; I only find "Local
> Folders".
> 
> Does KMail require?! a Google account to work with non-Google mail accounts?

No, KMail doesn't require a Google account.

I can reproduce the problem with a @yahoo.com email address. It seems the Add 
Account wizard is broken, at least for yahoo email addresses.

As workaround you can add the account in KMail's configuration dialog. Add an 
identity for your yahoo email address, add an IMAP account 
(imap.mail.yahoo.com) as Receiving account and add an SMTP account 
(smtp.mail.yahoo.com) as Sending account.

Regards,
Ingo
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