Hello all, Prior to installing SuSE 9.3 I saved the Mail directory and after the installation I resored the the Mail directory so I keep all my previous e-mail. Now when I start Kmail all the mail directory are there in Kmail and the mail also but I can no longer read those mail. They are shown in Kmail with the correct subject but when I click to open the mail..the Subject is change for 'No Subject' and a new window mail is open but no mail is shown. if I use Konqueror to browse the the mail directory and click on a mail I can open it with no problem. Can anybody help me to how do I now setup Kmail to read my old mail correctly.. Thanks for the help Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html
On Saturday, 14 of May 2005 18:53, MindBender wrote:
Hello all, Prior to installing SuSE 9.3 I saved the Mail directory and after the installation I resored the the Mail directory so I keep all my previous e-mail. Now when I start Kmail all the mail directory are there in Kmail and the mail also but I can no longer read those mail. They are shown in Kmail with the correct subject but when I click to open the mail..the Subject is change for 'No Subject' and a new window mail is open but no mail is shown. if I use Konqueror to browse the the mail directory and click on a mail I can open it with no problem. Can anybody help me to how do I now setup Kmail to read my old mail correctly..
Maybe export to 3rd mail program and import from will help you. See the list of import formats that kmail can recognize (Tools->Import Messages) -- Marek Chlopek
On Saturday 14 May 2005 18:53, MindBender wrote:
Hello all, Prior to installing SuSE 9.3 I saved the Mail directory and after the installation I resored the the Mail directory so I keep all my previous e-mail. Now when I start Kmail all the mail directory are there in Kmail and the mail also but I can no longer read those mail. They are shown in Kmail with the correct subject but when I click to open the mail..the Subject is change for 'No Subject' and a new window mail is open but no mail is shown. if I use Konqueror to browse the the mail directory and click on a mail I can open it with no problem. Can anybody help me to how do I now setup Kmail to read my old mail correctly..
The index files are probably misleading kmail. Shut down kmail and delete the index files, then kmail will regenerate correct indices when it starts up You will find the index files in the Mail directory, with names like .<folder>.index, .<folder>.index.ids and so on
On Saturday 14 May 2005 11:59, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 14 May 2005 18:53, MindBender wrote:
Hello all, Prior to installing SuSE 9.3 I saved the Mail directory and after the installation I resored the the Mail directory so I keep all my previous e-mail. Now when I start Kmail all the mail directory are there in Kmail and the mail also but I can no longer read those mail. They are shown in Kmail with the correct subject but when I click to open the mail..the Subject is change for 'No Subject' and a new window mail is open but no mail is shown. if I use Konqueror to browse the the mail directory and click on a mail I can open it with no problem. Can anybody help me to how do I now setup Kmail to read my old mail correctly..
The index files are probably misleading kmail. Shut down kmail and delete the index files, then kmail will regenerate correct indices when it starts up
You will find the index files in the Mail directory, with names like .<folder>.index, .<folder>.index.ids and so on
Hi, I had the same problen when I installed 9.3 and regenerating the indexes did not work. Someone on the KDE listserver advised that this is a known prob and currently unsolved. PeterB
On Saturday 14 May 2005 12:14, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
On Saturday 14 May 2005 11:59, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 14 May 2005 18:53, MindBender wrote:
Hello all, Prior to installing SuSE 9.3 I saved the Mail directory and after the installation I resored the the Mail directory so I keep all my previous e-mail. Now when I start Kmail all the mail directory are there in Kmail and the mail also but I can no longer read those mail. They are shown in Kmail with the correct subject but when I click to open the mail..the Subject is change for 'No Subject' and a new window mail is open but no mail is shown. if I use Konqueror to browse the the mail directory and click on a mail I can open it with no problem. Can anybody help me to how do I now setup Kmail to read my old mail correctly..
The index files are probably misleading kmail. Shut down kmail and delete the index files, then kmail will regenerate correct indices when it starts up
You will find the index files in the Mail directory, with names like .<folder>.index, .<folder>.index.ids and so on
Hi,
I had the same problen when I installed 9.3 and regenerating the indexes did not work. Someone on the KDE listserver advised that this is a known prob and currently unsolved.
Here's how I solved the problem. First I found that the new location for the mail stuff is in /home/<user>/.kde/share/aps/kmail/mail. So I deleted the index files in that location, them moved the old Mail directories (without the index files) into that directory overwriting all that was there. Finally I fired up kmail and voila, it was all there and has been working fine for the past week! I dont know if that is the "proper" way to do it, but it worked for me! Richard
On Saturday 14 May 2005 17:53, MindBender wrote:
Hello all, Prior to installing SuSE 9.3 I saved the Mail directory and after the installation I resored the the Mail directory so I keep all my previous e-mail. Now when I start Kmail all the mail directory are there in Kmail and the mail also but I can no longer read those mail. They are shown in Kmail with the correct subject but when I click to open the mail..the Subject is change for 'No Subject' and a new window mail is open but no mail is shown. if I use Konqueror to browse the the mail directory and click on a mail I can open it with no problem. Can anybody help me to how do I now setup Kmail to read my old mail correctly.. Change the permissions for the mail folder to "read and write" and your mail will reappear.
(I don't claim credit for this. I posted the same question when I installed 9.2). Gervase
participants (6)
-
Anders Johansson -
Gervase Chavasse -
Marek Chlopek -
MindBender -
Peter B Van Campen -
Richard Atcheson