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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Build KMail only?
From:       Ben Cooksley <bcooksley () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-07-01 2:56:24
Message-ID: BANLkTinN823wuKQ9xX6D0yPM0uhip+q5Lw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Ian Wadham <iandw.au@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 think Akonadi has an option to use SQLite, but are not sure on the
exact details required to set it up.
I suspect it will be slow if you have a large quantity of email
however. Might be worth a shot though.

The folks on the kde-pim@kde.org mailing list would be more
knowledgable about that.

>
> 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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Regards,
Ben
 
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