On 2 July 2020 19:55:10 BST, David Jarvie <djarvie@kde=2Eorg> wrote:
> On Thursday 02 Jul 2020 08:02:14 rhkramer@gmail=2Ecom wrote:
> > Sorry for hijacking this thread, but this may be a good time / set
> of people
> > to ask"
> >=20
> > I currently use kmail 1=2E13=2E7 on kde 4=2E8=2E4 (on Debian Wheezy) a=
s my
> daily
> > (email) driver=2E  I have Nepomuk (or whatever it uses shut off=2E)
> >=20
> > I have something like 500k old emails in folders and probably see
> (or not
> > see ;-) 300 to 1000 emails per day=2E
> >=20
> > I'm a little afraid to move off kmail 1=2E13=2E7 for a variety of
> reasons, but
> > among them the problems I hear related to akonadi and, presumably,
> the
> > associated problems with handling fairly large quantities of emails=2E
> >=20
> > So, my question is this -- if I'd upgrade to Buster and try to use
> the kmail
> > version there (5=2E9=2E3), how likely am I to have problems?
>=20
> I also use kmail on Debian Wheezy=2E I use IMAP, but often move emails
> from IMAP=20
> folders into local folders=2E I've noticed that many of these emails in
> local=20
> folders only exist in Akonadi, and have not been stored as files on
> disk (which=20
> is a bug)=2E So if you use a similar setup, don't upgrade before
> ensuring that=20
> all your locally stored emails have actually been saved to disk;
> otherwise=20
> they will be lost=2E I've found that copying instead of moving emails
> into local=20
> folders seems to fix this problem=2E

Sorry, I made a mistake in which version of Debian I'm running - I'm actua=
lly running Jessie=2E So the bug I mentioned may not apply to Wheezy=2E

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David Jarvie
KAlarm author, KDE developer
http://www=2Eastrojar=2Eorg=2Euk/kalarm