Bug#469834: Latest debugging info from kmail crash

[Peter Niebling <peter@popsel.de>]

Matthew Rosewarne schrieb:

> Well, the last thing I can think of doing is to try re-importing your mail 
> folder using kmailcvt. You will need to install the "kmailcvt" package if it 
> is not already installed.
>
> 0. Make sure KMail is NOT running!
>
> 1. Find your mail folder, which is either ~/Mail or 
> ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail.
>
> 2. Rename "~/Mail" to "~/Mail.bak" (if you have it) 
> and  "~/.kde/share/apps/kmail" to "~/.kde/share/apps/kmail.bak".  Also 
> rename "~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc" to "~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc.bak".
>
> 3. To make sure you don't lose anything, make the whole mail folder read-only 
> with chmod -R -w {mail folder}.
>
> 4. Start KMail.  If it crashes now, look for any stray KMail-related files 
> under ~/.kde/share/ and rename them with .bak, then start KMail again.
>
> 5. From KMail's menu, choose "File" -> "Import Messages..." and choose "Import 
> KMail Maildirs and Folder Structure".  Click next and select your old mail 
> folder.
>
> Hopefully the import process will go smoothly and KMail will work again.  If 
> that's not the case, then I expect that only the developers themselves will 
> be able to find the problem.

Well. I did it again. But, same procedure as every time.
The only solution to get kmail running again, is to remove the kmailrc 
and start over with a fresh configuration.
Isn't it exactly the way how an update should work on WINDOWS ;)


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