Re: KMail is a real mess after upgrading to KDE 4.2
Eli Wapniarski <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:36:28 +0200
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On Saturday 07 February 2009 08:31:20 Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Hi, people
>
> I've just upgraded KDE to 4.2 from updates-testing and generally
> speaking, I liked the upgrade. There were some minor problems, but all
> in all it's good.
> Kmail, however, is a real mess. The message list panel is completely
> broken. The columns I had selected to be shown there and their order
> were lost and all the 17 columns that can be selected to be shown were
> checked, including two columns for the sender of for the recipient
> depending on the selected folder, because the sender/recipient, sender
> and recipent columns were all checked. But the problem is worst, because
> after reconfiguring all this, I see that every time I close Kmail and
> reopen it, all message list panel configuration is lost and all the 17
> columns are shown again.
> Also, the columns which have just icons in their contents, like the
> spam/not spam, attachments, important and others, now have texts on
> their headers. Theses columns are normally set to be just as wide as
> necessary to the icons to be shown. With texts in their captions, only
> the first letter of the header appears. This is a regression, because
> until kde 4.1.4 kmail used icons on the headers of these columns.
> Also, kmail does not honor font configurations for the message list
> panel anymore. The configuration screen is there, but has no effect at
> all.
> Worst than all this is the fact that kmail does not group messages in
> threads anymore. And the option to set this up is gone from the Folder
> menu. I hope this is well hidden somewhere else, but I couldn't find
> it... Does any one know how to setup kmail to thread messages now?
> Really, a mail client that does not thread discussions is of no use for
> me.
>
> Is there a way to go back to the previous version of KMail??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo
>
Try quiting kmail, backing up ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail and then once you have a
backup delete the original folder. Start kmail. See if that helps.
Eli
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Monospace'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Saturday 07 February 2009 08:31:20 Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:<br>
> Hi, people<br>
><br>
> I've just upgraded KDE to 4.2 from updates-testing and generally<br>
> speaking, I liked the upgrade. There were some minor problems, but all<br>
> in all it's good.<br>
> Kmail, however, is a real mess. The message list panel is completely<br>
> broken. The columns I had selected to be shown there and their order<br>
> were lost and all the 17 columns that can be selected to be shown were<br>
> checked, including two columns for the sender of for the recipient<br>
> depending on the selected folder, because the sender/recipient, sender<br>
> and recipent columns were all checked. But the problem is worst, because<br>
> after reconfiguring all this, I see that every time I close Kmail and<br>
> reopen it, all message list panel configuration is lost and all the 17<br>
> columns are shown again.<br>
> Also, the columns which have just icons in their contents, like the<br>
> spam/not spam, attachments, important and others, now have texts on<br>
> their headers. Theses columns are normally set to be just as wide as<br>
> necessary to the icons to be shown. With texts in their captions, only<br>
> the first letter of the header appears. This is a regression, because<br>
> until kde 4.1.4 kmail used icons on the headers of these columns.<br>
> Also, kmail does not honor font configurations for the message list<br>
> panel anymore. The configuration screen is there, but has no effect at<br>
> all.<br>
> Worst than all this is the fact that kmail does not group messages in<br>
> threads anymore. And the option to set this up is gone from the Folder<br>
> menu. I hope this is well hidden somewhere else, but I couldn't find<br>
> it... Does any one know how to setup kmail to thread messages now?<br>
> Really, a mail client that does not thread discussions is of no use for<br>
> me.<br>
><br>
> Is there a way to go back to the previous version of KMail??<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Marcelo<br>
><br>
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