From kdepim-users  Tue Sep 17 18:00:23 2019
From: Ingo =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:00:23 +0000
To: kdepim-users
Subject: Re: emails gathering up in 'Local Folders->outbox'
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On Montag, 16. September 2019 23:03:52 CEST test wrote:
> On Monday, 16 September 2019 21:54:21 CEST Ingo Kl=F6cker wrote:
> > On Montag, 16. September 2019 18:19:25 CEST test wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >=20
> > > why are emails gathering up in 'Local Folders->outbox'?  I thought the
> > > idea
> > > was to queue them there until they are being sent.
> >=20
> > Yes, that's the idea. Once they were sent they should be moved to the
> > Local
> > Folders->sent-mail (unless you have configured a different folder for s=
ent
> > mail).
>=20
> Each of the IMAP accounts is supposed to have its own folder for sent mai=
l.
> It won't make sense to put all messages that were sent into the same fold=
er.
>=20
> As far as I can see, the messages are being put into the sent folder as I
> expected, depending on their IMAP accounts.  Since this is no more than an
> operation with which the message is stored on the IMAP server by the clie=
nt,
> it doesn't say anything about the delivery of the message.

Indirectly it does because KMail moves the messages to the sent folders aft=
er=20
they have been sent (i.e. delivered to the outgoing mail server) successful=
ly.


> > Are you sure that the emails located in outbox actually have been sent.=
 If
> > sending failed, then on selection of an email you should see a note
> > stating
> > that sending failed and why it failed.
>=20
> At least some of the messages have been sent --- otherwise you wouldn't h=
ave
> received the post I made to the list, and others.  Unfortunately, it
> doesn't show in the list of messages within the outbox what the status of
> any of the messages are; each message needs to carry its status
> information.
>=20
> Usually, there's a notification that the message was sent, which may be t=
rue
> or not.  Nothing happens when I use 'File->Send Queued Messages'.  When I
> look at 'File->Delayed Messages ...', a window comes up that says that
> there are no messages waiting.
>=20
> > You can retry sending the messages via File->Send Queued Messages.
>=20
> There is an increasing number of messages in the outbox, and nothing happ=
ens
> when I do that.

Hmm, I'm sorry, but I have no idea what could be wrong. The only thing I ca=
n=20
think of is a permission problem with the outbox folder on disk. Maybe the=
=20
email files cannot be deleted by KMail for some reason.

Regards,
Ingo

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