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Bug#355290: kmail: getting mail via pop3 results in the message "Could not start process pop3."



This one time, at band camp, blaue@fh-westkueste.de said:
> When I try to get mail from a pop3 server (pop3.gmx.net) I get a message
> popping up saying: 
>   "Could not start process pop3."
> 
> In the same time it puts out on stderr the message
>   "kmail: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'pop3'."
> 
> Versions of packages kmail recommends:
> pn  kdebase-kio-plugins           <none>     (no description available)
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This may be your problem.  Try installing kdebase-kio-plugins and see if
it's still a problem.
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