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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Build KMail only?
From:       Ian Wadham <iandw.au () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-07-01 2:53:11
Message-ID: 201107011253.12044.iandw.au () gmail ! com
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On Thursday 30 June 2011 1:33:07 am Tomaz Canabrava wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org> wrote:
> > A Wednesday, June 22, 2011, Ian Wadham va escriure:
> >> Can I build KMail without Akonadi, etc?
> >
> > No (or maybe you could but it would be mostly useless :D)
> 
> Maybe that deserves a better answer. ;)
>
I was hoping for one ... :-)

> Akonadi is not another pim software, akonadi is what kmail uses
> internally to retrieve information from your e-mails, such as
> contacts. so Akonadi is an important technology inside kmail, and you
> probably will not kmail without it.
> 
What I hear you saying is, "Have faith, my son.  Persevere.  Keep
downloading.  Keep installing.  All will be revealed ... and you will
receive your reward."

Well, I just find that hard to believe.  I did install MySQL on my
Macbook (I may need it for another project), but Akonadi does
not find it.  I don't really need an address book in a KDE app.
I have an iPhone ...  :-)  My main concern is to port my email
archives to the Macbook and to be able to read, write and file
emails using the excellent facilities of KMail.

I do not see why that simple requirement needs a full-bottle
relational database manager.  It just looks like dead weight
from my point of view.  I say this advisedly and with no offence
intended.  I have been designing and programming RDBMS
based applications for about 20 years - large and small DBs.

Unfortunately, very few, if any, other email clients seem to
recognise the Maildir format I am using in KMail.  So I am torn
between kludging my emails into mbox format with a script
or persevering with trying to get Akonadi to work in Mac OS X.
Neither alternative looks good to me.

All the best, Ian W.
 
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