Hi
I've got a problem with the Fedora 12 KDE 4.4.1 and KDE 4.4.2 versions of Kmail (just upgraded). There are five messages stuck in the inbox that I cannot delete. I have tried the Kmail delete button. Also done a 'cd' to .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/inbox/cur. There is nothing in there to delete. In the inbox I can see messages with a subject of (No Subject) including the brackets. The sender is "Unknown" and the date is "Unknown". Mail download is from my ISP by Kmail.
Can anyone suggest where else I can look to delete these left over stubs of previous messages ?
Richard http://www.sheflug.org.uk
On 04/17/2010 07:19 AM, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
Hi
I've got a problem with the Fedora 12 KDE 4.4.1 and KDE 4.4.2 versions of Kmail (just upgraded). There are five messages stuck in the inbox that I cannot delete. I have tried the Kmail delete button. Also done a 'cd' to .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/inbox/cur. There is nothing in there to delete. In the inbox I can see messages with a subject of (No Subject) including the brackets. The sender is "Unknown" and the date is "Unknown". Mail download is from my ISP by Kmail.
Can anyone suggest where else I can look to delete these left over stubs of previous messages ?
Richard http://www.sheflug.org.uk
For what its worth I had seen similar things back in fedora 7 ... my best advice is as follows:
1) Do not use kmail or any mail client to actually store your local mail - ever.
What I do is run a local imap server (dovecot) and keep all mail there. Once its up just use kmail to copy all your existing local stored mails to the imap server.
I suspect you'll find those 'dummy stub mails' will not be copied - even if something does you should be able to delete it as it is now on imap server (using kmail or any other mail client for that matter).
2) Exit kmail, mv your .kde/share/apps/kmail to a backup area and restart and reset up your kmail. Now that your local store is imap this will be a breeze.
Plus you now can easily try or switch to other mail clients if you ever want to without worrying about moving local stored mails.
Regards
gene/
On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 12:19 +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
Hi
I've got a problem with the Fedora 12 KDE 4.4.1 and KDE 4.4.2 versions of Kmail (just upgraded). There are five messages stuck in the inbox that I cannot delete. I have tried the Kmail delete button. Also done a 'cd' to .kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/inbox/cur. There is nothing in there to delete. In the inbox I can see messages with a subject of (No Subject) including the brackets. The sender is "Unknown" and the date is "Unknown". Mail download is from my ISP by Kmail.
Can anyone suggest where else I can look to delete these left over stubs of previous messages ?
Probably a messed-up index. I don't use Kmail but usually in similar situations with other MUAs the quickest fix is to:
1) Exit the MUA (making sure all instances are gone) 2) Look for the folder index file(s) 3) Remove them 4) Restart the MUA
The MUA should reconstruct the index from the raw data. Make backups before you do all this of course.
poc
On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 09:51 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
- Exit the MUA (making sure all instances are gone)
Which can mean looking at the running processes (through the "top" program, or something similar), and shutting them down. Not just closing all the windows that you can see related to your mail program. Some mail clients leave things running in the background, all the time.