Kmail data reset

[Ianseeks]

An example of the ghost emails

https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/7ba37325f3f2


On Monday 19 August 2024 08:03:10 BST Ianseeks wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm posting this on opensuse-supprt as well.
> 
> Is there a way to remove all data for kmail for a user?  I'm having all
> sorts of issues on one login.  I don't know if I have a configuration error
> somewhere or a broken install.
> 
> I'm using IMAP with postgresql as the backend (i've also tried mysql and the
> same things happen)
> 
> I have tried removing the akonadi folder and let everything rebuild and its
> fine for about 5 minutes.
> 
> 1. Everytime the "Interval Checking" kicks off (every 5 mins) I get a lot of
> repeat emails delivered to the inbox.
> 
> 2. Most of the repeated emails are duplicates and greyed out in the inbox
> and cannot be accessed in order to delete them.  Applying filters works on
> them though to move them from my IMAP folder to the Local Folders.
> 
> 3. I deleted all the emails from my internet provider so its just using the
> local data store to produce these greyed out duplicate emails.
> 
> 4. I have tried creating a new user and setting it up to acccess the same
> email account and this fails with exactly the same issue as new emails come
> in.
> 
> 5. I have one other login (my personal one) and its not started to happen
> there as yet. I don't want to reinstall "Kmail/Kontact" in case it screws up
> this account too.  The only difference between the account is I use
> "Kontact" with the working one and just Kmail with the broken ones.
> 
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas where I'm going wrong?
> 
> regards
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240816
> kwin 6.1.4
> kmail2 6.1.2 (24.05.2) - akonadiserver 6.1.2 (24.05.2) - Kernel:  6.10.4-1-
> default  - kernel-firmware-radeon  20240809


openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240816
kwin 6.1.4
kmail2 6.1.2 (24.05.2) - akonadiserver 6.1.2 (24.05.2) - Kernel:  6.10.4-1-
default  - kernel-firmware-radeon  20240809