Re: any progress on kmail in debian buster?

On Friday, August 16, 2019 11:34:40 AM PDT John White wrote:
> > On Friday, August 16, 2019 7:35:24 AM PDT Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > Hi John.
> > > 
> > > John White - 14.08.19, 19:16:54 CEST:
> > > >  Since updating from jessie to buster kmail (pop-3) has not worked
> > > > 
> > > > right. It simply won't open, save, etc some emails.  This really
> > > > messes things up.  If it keep trying to open one of the problem
> > > > emails, kmail goes into la la land
> > > > and just churns and churns.  Eventually, often, the computer will just
> > > > freeze.  If it is not fixed soon, I fear I will have to try another
> > > > email client.  As I love kmail, I will only do that if I have no
> > > > choice.  I am told bug reports have been made, but its looking like
> > > > nothing is being done.
> > > 
> > > I have Debian Sid with still the same KMail/Akonadi version than in
> > > Debian Buster and I cannot reproduce this issue. POP3 just works fine
> > > here. Using Akonadi with PostgreSQL backend, but it worked fine with
> > > MariaDB as well.
> > > 
> > > Without further information (see my mail to peter in the thread 'All
> > > local folders lost in KMail' for some hints on what information could be
> > > interesting) there is nothing more I can say.
> > > 
> > > But here is some other generic hints on what information to include:
> > > 
> > > KDE PIM/Development/Bug Reports
> > > 
> > > https://community.kde.org/KDE_PIM/Development/Bug_Reports
> > > 
> > > As for the situation in Debian: I am not happy about it. I do have some
> > > stability issues with KMail 18.04 in Debian just crashing several times
> > > a day to due some Qt WebEngine related issue that has been fixed in
> > > newer
> > > versions. However… Akonadi mostly behaves here, especially after I
> > > switched to PostgreSQL.
> > > 
> > > However… upstream is not responsible for what version is packaged in
> > > Debian. You could ask on debian-kde mailing list. Some members of the
> > > Debian/Kubuntu Qt/KDE Team are subscribed there. However the chances for
> > > any backport of a newer KDEPIM version for Debian Sid to Debian Buster
> > > would be slim as the team is very small and may just not manage to find
> > > the time to provide and maintain such a backport.
> > > 
> > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > Martin
> > > 
> > > > On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 8:07:27 AM PDT John White wrote:
> > > > > Since updating from jessie to buster kmail has not worked right. It
> > > > > simply won't open, save, etc some emails.  This really messes
> > > > > things up.  If it keep trying to open one of the problem emails,
> > > > > kmail goes into la la land and just churns and churns.  Eventually,
> > > > > often, the computer will just freeze.  If it is not fixed soon, I
> > > > > fear I will have to try another email client.  As I love kmail, I
> > > > > will only do that if I have no choice.  I am told bug reports have
> > > > > been made, but its looking like nothing is being done.
> > > > > 
> > > > > John White
> > > > > White Law Chartered
> > > > > 335 W 1st St
> > > > > Reno, NV 89503
> 
> On Friday, August 16, 2019 9:39:01 AM PDT John White wrote:
> 
> Thanks.  Wonderful email.  I will try all your suggestions.  I sure hope
> something works.

I am starting to see a pattern of sorts. About one out of every fifteen emails just 
won't open.  Many, perhaps most are junk, such as the one I received a few minutes 
ago from beautimode block block [email protected].  Clicking on them brings up 
the "please wait" screen and eventually the screen freezes. Also, I can't delete or get 
those problem emails to show as read, at least unless I go to folder properties and 
mark all emails in that folder as read.  Even then I can't delete them from my inbox. 
If the little blue instant popup screen (which for the life of me I can't figure out how 
to turn off) does not show it is difficult to determine that the email is good or bad.  
> 
> 
> John