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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] KMail and INBOX : a problem and one solution
From:       "Carsten Burghardt" <burghardt () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-01-27 9:49:21
Message-ID: 3848.149.235.78.204.1075196961.squirrel () h1979 ! serverkompetenz ! net
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Richard NAGY sagte:
> Le Lundi 26 Janvier 2004 19:50, Carsten Burghardt a écrit :
>> On Monday 26 January 2004 11:46, Richard NAGY wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have set up an IMAP account with KMail. Everything was good except
>> that
>> > I could not see my INBOX folder which is in /var/spool/mail. I could
>> see
>> > all the other folders but the INBOX. In order to solve the problem, I
>> > have created (on the IMAP server) a virtual folder in my home
>> directory
>> > which is a symlink towards my real INBOX folder which is
>> > /var/spool/mail/richard and I have updated the .mailboxlist file to
>> > reflect the change.
>>
>> The imap server should take care of that.
>>
>> > So, one solution is :
>> >
>> > /home/richard/INBOX -> /var/spool/mail/richard
>> >
>> > Contents of /home/richard/.mailboxlist :
>> >
>> > Trash
>> > Postgresql
>> > WindowMaker
>> > Sent
>> > Mandrake
>> > LVS
>> > Drafts
>> > INBOX
>> >
>> > Question :
>> >
>> > Is that solution mandatory? Can one have an other solution? With
>> > Netscape, this problem does not occur.
>>
>> What kind of imap server is this and what did you enter as prefix in
>> your
>> account settings?
>
> It is the package "imap-2002a-2mdk" from Mandrake GNU/Linux 9.2.
> ... prefix in your account settings? None.

Can you check with ethereal what the server responds when kmail is started
and the folderlisting is retrieved? Without your symlink in this case
because this should really be mapped by the imap server.

>> What Kmail version do you use?
>
> It is KMail 1.5.3 on a Mandrake GNU/Linux 9.2.(KDE 3.1.3)

Do you see the same problem with kmail from kde 3.2?

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