Re: KMail doesn't see local folders

Wolfgang Bauer <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:05:25 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.kde
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2020, 15:58:51 schrieb Vojtěch Zeisek:
> Dne čtvrtek 13. února 2020 15:05:27 CET, Wolfgang Bauer napsal(a):
> > - Try to use a mixedmaildir resource ("KMail Mail Folder") instead
> > of maildir.
> 
> This was the trick! Thank You! I'm just sure I had just one basic local
> maildir resource in the previous installation, so that I wonder why it
> didn't work here...

Yes, the default setup is to have one maildir resource (called "Local 
Folders").

Unless you migrated from a pre-Akonadi version at some point, which would have 
added a mixedmaildir resource for compatibility... ;-)

> > Btw, there apparently is a bug that might cause a erroneous "file:" being
> > prepended to the maildir path when you set it in the config dialog:
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=408354
> > Maybe you are affected by this?
> 
> Yes, I can confirm it. I was wondering what is creating that file:
> directory.

Ok. Maybe that was/is your problem indeed.
If the (maildir) resource tries to access the wrong path (with the stray 
"file:") at some point, it will fail to read the mails of course.

Kind Regards,
Wolfgang

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