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Re: troubleshooting Kmail

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Kmail has been broken for weeks. No action, just excuses. Might simply have
to abandon it after all these years.

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 11:42 PM <mark@neidorff.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, February 17, 2018 3:59:53 PM EST ernst doubt wrote:
> > I sent a similar message to debian-kde this morning, but it appears
> there's
> > not much activity there, so I figured I'd also try here.
> >
> > I've been a debian GNU/linux user (I like KDE for my desktop, though I
> > generally keep openbox (and gnome) available as "fallbacks") for quite
> some
> > time now (decades at least) and am in general a very happy user. I've
> been
> > using  both thunderbird and claws-mail as IMAP clients for some time, but
> > recently (a few months ago) I set up Kmail (and I like it very much, as
> > integration with gnupg was relatively painless). I am again using it as
> an
> > IMAP client (with this gmail address). I have two computers, both running
> > debian 9 stretch. On one of them (the laptop), Kmail is functioning
> > properly, but on the desktop machine which I'm writing from now, incoming
> > email has not been appearing since the end of January. I don't see any
> > obvious menu entries which would give me access to log files in order to
> > try to troubleshoot the problem, so I'm looking for any advice as to how
> I
> > might go about correcting the issue so this instance of Kmail can again
> > receive email (it's possible that the problem is as simple as an
> > incorrectly entered password though I've just attempted to reenter it
> with
> > no improvement in mail fetching behavior). I'm not currently subscribed
> to
> > this list, so CCing me is perfectly fine (though I'll monitor the web
> > archives for responses on which I may not be CCed).
> >
> >    thanks so much in advance for any clues anyone may have to share with
> me,
> > ~c
>
> Ernst,
>
> Things that come to mind...
> The way IMAP works is e-mail is delivered to the mail server
> (google/gmail, is
> what I think you said). Your client (kmail, thunderbird, etc) reads an
> email
> message from the server. Then, depending on configuration, the message is
> saved
> or deleted?  So, check your configuration to be sure that the IMAP server
> is
> configured to leave mail on the server after being read.
> Also, have you checked that the version of kmail is the same on both
> computers?
>
> Mark
>
> Have you ckecked the version of each instance of kmail?
>
>

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troubleshooting Kmail ernst doubt <ernstdoubt25@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 22:10 +0100
  Re: troubleshooting Kmail mark@neidorff.com - 2018-02-17 22:50 +0100
    Re: troubleshooting Kmail David Baron <dbaron770@gmail.com> - 2018-02-18 10:20 +0100
      Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-18 22:10 +0100
        Re: troubleshooting Kmail deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-18 22:40 +0100
        Re: troubleshooting Kmail mark@neidorff.com - 2018-02-19 16:40 +0100
          Re: troubleshooting Kmail deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-19 19:20 +0100
            Re: troubleshooting Kmail Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-02-19 20:20 +0100
              Re: troubleshooting Kmail deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-19 21:20 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-02-19 21:40 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-20 00:20 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail mark@neidorff.com - 2018-02-19 22:00 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-20 00:30 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-02-20 12:30 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-20 15:40 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-20 16:00 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-20 18:30 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-21 02:30 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-21 03:00 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-02-21 04:10 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-02-21 18:30 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 22:10 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-20 08:30 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail Mark Neidorff <mark@neidorff.com> - 2018-02-21 01:20 +0100
                Re: troubleshooting Kmail deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-21 08:50 +0100
          Re: troubleshooting Kmail Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-19 21:30 +0100

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