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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Build KMail only?
From:       Sebastian =?iso-8859-1?q?K=FCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-07-01 10:28:27
Message-ID: 201107011228.27282.sebas () kde ! org
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On Friday, July 01, 2011 04:56:24 Ben Cooksley wrote:
> 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.

Definitely so, I know at least one KDE PIM hacker (Till) who uses Kontact on 
OSX, he might have some hints that make your life easier.

> > 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.

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