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Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable

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On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 3:26 PM Sune Vuorela <nospam@vuorela.dk> wrote:
>
> On 2026-01-22, Patrick Franz <deltaone@debian.org> wrote:
> >> In the previous version of KMail, since the beginning of 2026, sent
> >> messages were successfully sent and received but did not appear in
> >> the Sent Items folder. I don't know what to do, especially since I've
> >> looked at the logs and I don't see anything unusual. Is there a way
> >> to trace the issue to get a starting point for a solution?
> >
> > I encountered the same problem. The solution was to change the port for
> > the connection from 465 to 587. Actually, kmail can fix that
> > automatically for you if you let it figure it out on its own.
>
> Sorry about that. There was weird 'defaults' that was actually stored as
> 'defaults' rather than the resulting value. I fixed the defaults but
> didn't expect it to has this effect.
> I don't think anything can be done at this point other than document the
> issue taht people needs to fix the connection port.
>
> (The default was either starttls on 465 or smtp-over-ssl on 587 which is
> a not-helpful default - I've forgotten which one it was )
>

Hi,

In which Debian package are those "defaults" defined?

[ Important SMTP settings for Gmail ]
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
Authentication: Required (Yes)
Username: Your full Gmail address (e.g., name@gmail.com)
Password: The generated 16-digit app password (not your normal login password)
Port (TLS): 587 (recommended)
Port (SSL): 465
Connection security: TLS or SSL
^^ Both tested successfully here with 2FA activated.

INFO: For KMail (and git-sendemail) I did set an app-password and use them.

Link: https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

It's good to stop (manually) akonadi-server before upgrading KMail to
a higher version.

Best regards,
-Sedat-

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  Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de> - 2026-01-22 19:40 +0100
  Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable Patrick Franz <deltaone@debian.org> - 2026-01-22 19:40 +0100
    Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable Sune Vuorela <nospam@vuorela.dk> - 2026-01-26 15:30 +0100
      Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2026-01-26 18:10 +0100
      Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2026-01-27 16:50 +0100
        Re: Kmail - Sending Emails Unable Sune Vuorela <nospam@vuorela.dk> - 2026-01-28 09:50 +0100

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