Re: Kmail is not working with my Cyrus Imap server

Am Dienstag, 30. Dezember 2008 schrieb Public Mailing Lists:
> Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 December 2008, Public Mailing Lists wrote:
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> Kontact is a nice program, and I'd like to use it for my email,
> >> calendar, etc. I have a Cyrus Imap server (Cyrus Imap 2.2 on
> >> Debian 4). Cyrus imap runs fine, and I can access it from
> >> Thunderbird, Evolution, and from Outlook.
> >>
> >> Only with Kontact/Kmail (4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3), I can't
> >> access my mail. Apparently, Kmail does not fetch the folder list
> >> from the server. I can't find any error message. Kmail is just
> >> hanging here and not doing anything when I click on the folder
> >> icon.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have experience with this issue? Is there any way to
> >> tell what Kmail is trying to do, or to get an error message?
> >
> > Maybe this is caused by the intermittent problems with Sieve and
> > older versions of Cyrus (cf. [1])? OTOH, this problem should be
> > fixed in KDE 3.5.10 which you seem to be using.
>
> I'm using kmail from kmail 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3. This is from
> Ubuntu eeePC distribution.
>
> Kontact also has some problems with placing its calendar reminder
> icon in the panel. It frequently puts it just on top of the eeePC
> button at the very left corner.
>
> > What happens if you click on "Check What the Server Supports" on
> > the Security page of the settings dialog of the IMAP account? Is
> > "Show only subscribed folders" or "Show only locally subscribed
> > folders" checked?
>
> If I click on "Check What the Server Support", it contacts the imap
> server, and then it displays "Encryption: none" and "Authentication
> Method: Clear Text". The other options are grayed out. This is
> correct, as this is the way the server is configured.
>
> "Show only subscribed folders" and "Show only locally subscribed
> folders" are not checked. I've tried to check them and then
> subscribe to folders manually. However, kmail does not fetch a
> folder list to pick from. When I go "subscribe", the folder list to
> subscribe from stays empty.

What does the server log say to your connection attempt?

>
> Thanks for your help, G.
>
> > [1] http://kde.markmail.org/message/u2d7t2wbybjsczpc
>

Martin