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Re: troubleshooting Kmail

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On Monday 19 February 2018 15:52:37 mark@neidorff.com wrote:

> On Monday, February 19, 2018 3:16:20 PM EST deloptes wrote:
> > Brad Rogers wrote:
> > > So far, my experience with KDE/QT5 has been good;  Things that
> > > were, in the past, broken, now work again.  I've not found
> > > anything wrong at all.
> >
> > yes a friend installed it and showed it to me, so the difference was
> > there. I also looked at Qt5 and the Sailfish OS project - it is
> > impressive.
> >
> > > That said, I don't now, nor have I ever, used kmail, so can't
> > > comment about the state of play there.
> >
> > but this friend also does not user kmail and I am a heavy kmail
> > user. And even kmail is not the problem but the attitude of the KDE
> > team.
>
> I am a long time kmail user.  I have noticed significant improvment in
> stability and the filtering of incoming mail.  I use the filtering
> extensively. Before the last release, at the beginning of a KDE
> session, filtering was OK, but it slowed down with use.  In the latest
> version, it is extremely fast, and it doesn't get slower with use. 
> The only "bug" I have found in this version of kmail (5.5.2) is that
> an occasional "ghost" message will be in a folder and can't be
> removed.  I store emails locally via IMAP--one message per file--and
> except for the ghosts, I am extremely pleased.  I currently have over
> 126,000 messages stored and about 8 "ghost" messages.  I searched
> through the individual files that contain the e-mails and I can't find
> files for the ghost messages.
>
> If the attitude of the KDE folks is the problem, please remember that
> they are not full time KDE programmers and customer service is
> probably not their strong suit.
>
> I don't know if you consider this a valid comparison or not, but:
> In October 2017 (as I recall), my bank (which shall remain nameless)
> announced that there would be a new version of the on-line access
> software coming out on January 1st.  Then, around January 10th they
> announced that the upgrade had some unresolved issues, and would not
> be rolled out until February 1st. February 1st arrived and passed. 
> The new software was put in place on the 12th.  Since then, I have
> been unable to login to my account.  No help on the screen.  When I
> called last week, they said that they were ware of the problem and
> were working very hard to resolve it.  No apology.  They can tell me
> my balance over the phone, but that is about it.  IMO, this is absurd.
>
> Mark

That would result in my 5 digit balance being moved. However a phone call 
generally resolves the problem, but the threat is there, and they know 
it.

-- 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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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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