Re: A mess in KMail

On Saturday, 20 June 2026 16:31:20 British Summer Time Michael wrote:

> You could try 'clear cache' from within akonadiconsole, after you shut
> down kmail.  Best you try this ONLY on ONE folder/subfolder, then check
> the situation within Kmail to make sure it worked.  Large folders may
> take some time.

Now that you remind me, I had to do that once before, and it did the job.

> If the above does not work, you can have a look at this process to
> recreate everything from scratch:
> 
> https://userbase.kde.org/KMail/
> FAQs_Hints_and_Tips#Clean_start_after_a_failed_migration

"There were no results matching the query."

In the end, there was nothing for it but to follow Google's AI recommendation:

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If your setup is thoroughly broken, clearing the configuration and database 
files acts as a factory reset.

1.    Back up your existing emails via KMail's File > Back Up Data... or 
export rules using the PIM Data Exporter.
2.    Close KMail and stop the Akonadi server:
    akonadictl stop
3.    Delete the configuration directories:
    rm -rf ~/.config/akonadi_* ~/.config/kmail*
    rm -rf ~/.local/share/akonadi/ ~/.local/share/kmail2/
4.    Restart Akonadi and open KMail to reconfigure your accounts from scratch. 
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I was surprised at how much survived that process: most of what can be set 
under the Settings menu of KMail; identities, server name and so on.

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Regards,
Peter.