Re: kmail continues to show read messages as unread

On Sunday, August 15, 2021 9:48:55 AM PDT John White wrote:
> bOn Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:42:48 AM PDT John White wrote:
> > 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.
> > > > > > b
> > > > > > 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:
> > > 
> > > b
> > > 
> > > 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, but, sadly, running akonadictl vacuum and akonadictl fsck
> > did not help. Though it otherwise works fine, my Kmail 5.9.3, on Debian
> > Buster continues to show old, read emails as unread. Unless someone has a
> > better or different idea (I will try most anything), later today
> > (tonight) I will try deleting the akonadi data and config files, assuming
> > I can figure out how to do that.
> > 
> > Any suggestions are appreciated
> > 
> > John
> 
> I renamed ./local/share/akonadi/db_data to
> ./local/share/akonadi/erase-db_data. On starting kmail again kmail created
> a new db_data file which, eventually, seemed to populate the files OK.  But
> some old, read emails are still showing as unread when I start kmail in the
> morning.
> 
> I see other files in ./local/share/akonadi and perhaps if I delete one or
> more of them it might help but I am concerned that I might delete my
> emails.
> 
> Also, I don't see an akonadi config file anywhere.  If I could find and
> delete it, that might help.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how I might better deal with this long-standing
> problem would be most appreciated.
> 
> John
> 
BTW, I use pop3, not IMAP