Re: Location of POP emails

ianseeks wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to locate where my emails are held.
>   
> I've read http://blogs.kde.org/node/4503 ( Akonadi misconception #1: where
> is my data?) and it states the following "In case of POP3, the mails is
> stored immediately after download in a local maildir folder. The actual
> place of the folder depends on your configuration, it can be just as
> $HOME/Mail, as $HOME/kde./share/apps/kmail/ or
> $HOME/.local/share/.local-mail (for new installations)."
> It also says "To make it clear from the beginning: the Akonadi database is
> NOT
> your MAIN data storage.  Even if it gets destroyed, removed, your data is
> still safe."
> 
> On my opensuse 12.3 Kde/Kmail 4.10.4 system I have the following situation
> 
> 1.  $HOME/Mail - Does not exist
> 2.  $HOME/kde./share/apps/kmail/ - I actually have
> $HOME/.kde4/share/apps/kmail2/ which only has an "autosave" folder, "rc"
> files and a lock file
> 3.  $HOME/.local/share/.local-mail - I have
> "$HOME/.local/share/local-mail/"
> with 3 empty folders, "cur", "tmp" & "new".  This "$HOME/.local/share/"
> also has an "akonadi" folder with various "db" folders.
> 
> Thie blog is dates 13 Nov 2011 so i guess it may be really old
> information.
> 
> Any ideas?

$HOME/.local/share/local-mail/
$HOME/.local/share/.local-mail.directory/

KMail has a bogus local directory layout, but the pattern for subfolders is 
at least consistent.

- Jörg

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