I had a similar problem when, for other reasons I created a new user for myself and copied the original ~/Mail directory. If you are sure the filesystem has the old directories included in your Mail dir, try the following You may find other missing folders by ensuring that every "~/Mail/.folder.directory" has a corresponding "~/Mail/folder/" where folder may be several levels deep When you are happy that the filesystem is complete open Kmail or Kontact/Mail and simply try to recreate any subfolder that is not displayed KMail will report an error in a dialog but continue anyway and if this works as it did for me, all the subfolders at that level should then be displayed I'm afraid I'm typing this from memory so I cannot be more detailed or exact Also, I have no idea why this works - perhaps some of our more experience friends on this list can shed some light hth -- Sylvanus A. Currie Barnwood, 1N5 British Energy Generation Ltd., Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS * 777-2423, * 777-3231 * +44(0) 1452-652423, * +44 (0) 1452-653231 * +44 (0) 77-5253-4452, * Email <sylvanus.currie@british-energy.com> -----Original Message----- From: Mike McCallister [mailto:workingwriter@prodigy.net] Sent: Wednesday, 03 March 2004 03.47 To: suse-kde@suse.com Subject: [suse-kde] Incomplete KMail Backup and v1.5.4 Hi folks! I did a bad thing, and I hope I don't have to pay too dearly. Before upgrading to SuSE 9.0, I tried to do the right thing and copied my Home/Mail directory to the Windows side of my box. I didn't backup any of the config files, but I thought that would be OK. I can live with recreating filters, as long as my mail was intact. During the install, YaST asked me if I wanted to get the latest updates, and kindly updated several KDE packages, including KDEPIM. Once loaded, I ran KMail to create a new Home/Mail directory (as I've done before in these situations), then copied the contents of the other Mail dir back into the new setup. Now for the good part: instead of KMail grunting a bit and then displaying my old folders intact and ready to go, I got nothing! Opening the Mail dir in Konqueror showed my old friends in their accustomed hidden index folders and files, but KMail's default folders (Inbox, outbox, sent-mail, etc.) were no longer hidden. A look in this list's archives pointed me to the kmailrc file, where now each recognized mail folder has a section (This may have been true before, but I'm skeptical). Is there anything I can do to restore these old mail-dirs, and begin to reconstruct my filters? Just un-hiding them didn't work. TIA, Mike McCallister -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help@suse.com Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e |* This message has been sent from the British Energy Group. |* |* British Energy plc |* Registered Office:- |* Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR, United Kingdom |* Registered in Scotland (Number 162273). Tel: +44 (0) 1355 262000 |* |* This email message and any attachments are for the use of the addressee only. If you are not |* the addressee you may not copy or use or disclose the contents of this email to anyone else. |* British Energy's communications systems may be monitored and recorded by the company. |* |* If you believe you have received this email in error please notify us by telephoning +44 (0)1452 653113. |*