Re: kmail continues to show read messages as unread

On Friday, August 13, 2021 8:20:41 AM PDT Anders Lund wrote:
> fredag den 13. august 2021 16.48.10 CEST skrev John White:
> > > > I have heard that it might help if I did the following:
> > > > 
> > > > just trash
> > > > ~/.local/share/akonadi*
> > > > ~/.local/share/kmail*
> > > > ~/.config/akonadi*
> > > > ~/.config/kmail*
> > > > ~/.cache/akonadi*
> > > > 
> > > > But I am afraid this might do permanent damage.  I need to keep the
> > > > old
> > > > emails.
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions?
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Deleting the akonadi data and config does not delete your mail. Just don't
> delete the mail storage. I don't think deleting kmails files does any good.
> 
> Before trying that, try running the following, preferably in a terminal:
> 
> akonadictl vacuum
> akonadictl fsck
> 
> Vacuum just cleans up your databases, and requires "lots of time and disk
> space".
> Fsck will try to fix inconsistemcies in the local storage, and also takes
> time. Those commands spared me deleting akonadi data quite some times :)
> 
> Kindly,
> Anders

Thanks Anders,

I ran akonadictl vacuum and akonadictl fsck from the command line.  I will probably know 
soon if that helped, probably within the day.  I will let you know.

John