Re: [Solved:] kmail2 inbox folder problem
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:27:43 +0100
Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
> Am Montag, 10. März 2014, 13:47:18 schrieb andre@cyberh0me.net:
> > > I accidently deleted my inbox folder (I mean the special "inbox"
> > > aka "Posteingang") in kmail2. Now I cannot create a new one.
> > >
> > > How can I get it back without messing with my settings and other
> > > folders?
> >
> > use your backup?
> >
> > br
> > Andre
> I only have an older backup! However, it is working again. Although I
> do not know what really happened, after reboot the folder appeared
> again.
>
> The nice side affect was, that I learnt, the mails are no more stored
> in ~/Mail but in ~/.local/share/.local-mail.
>
> Somehow I missed this change. Is this somewhere documented?
>
> Last but not least, it is working again.
>
> Thanks for all the help,
>
> Best
>
> Hans
Hans,
:-)
Hi Hans,
Congratulations. All's well that ends well.
You should probably, immediately after breathing a sigh of relief, back
up your Kmail2 and make a plan to back it up regularly.
Kmail2 now stores part of its message content in a "database" called
Akonadi. To me, that makes backup, restoration and transfer much harder
than standard Maildir, Mbox or MH text/directory data storage.
A couple years ago, when confronting a mandatory switch from Kmail to
Kmail2 (with Akonadi), I switched to my current setup, and to this day
I'm *extremely* pleased with the new setup.
Here's info on the new setup, and how I transitioned:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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