Does KMail Require (via Akanodi) A Google Account?

[Kent West]

On 6/29/23 03:28, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> 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

Thank you for your reply.

I get to the point below. The "Next" button does nothing, and the "Add 
Account" button results in the "Log into Google" window.
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