Solved: akonadictrl stop Moved all kontact and kmail/kmail2 files below ~/.kde4/share/, moved all *akonadi* files below ~/.local/share/, moved all *akonadi*, *kontact*, and *kmail* files below ~/.kde4/share/config/. akonadictrl start kontact reconfigured kmail imported ~/.kde4/share/apps/korganizer/*.ics to a new calendar which I set as default imported ~/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/*.vcf to contacts I have control again and a functioning kontact. Kmail also works, *but*, mutt is better! Will attempt to set up a local mbox file for kmail to access the few html emails I care to read. sure was simpler when there were fewer overlapping applications and config files were easier to locate and affix functionality. Guess I'm just getting old{er}. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org