On Friday, 20 May 2022 12:11:16 BST Erik Quaeghebeur wrote:
> Dear List,
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> After a KMail crash, I now have two sets of =E2=80=98Local folders=E2=80=
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> has empty folders. The old one is as before. In KMail, the old one can be
> deleted, but the new one can't. So somehow, KMail thinks that the new one
> is the real one.
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> I'd like to delete the new one and make the old one the real =E2=80=98Loc=
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> folders=E2=80=99, as before, e.g., being used for outbox activity.
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> The old one is at
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> 	~/.local/share/local-mail
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> and the new one is at
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> 	~/.local/share/akonadi_maildir_resource_2
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> Could anyone tell me how to return to my previous configuration?

There is an alternative configuration option in KMail which allows you to k=
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your maildir storage in any filesystem location of your choice. I set mine =
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to use ~/Mail as the storage location. It is presumably possible to use the=
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wizard which is invoked when you add a new receiving account in KMail's=20
Settings dialog, but instead I used akonadiconsole to add a new "Mail" /=20
"KMail Mail Folder" agent (both names are used interchangeably). Set its=20
location to point to wherever you keep your mails, and then configure your=
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identities to use its sent-mail, drafts and templates folders.

Note that KMail will always set up a Local Folders agent, which you can't=20
delete, and will use that for Trash. But otherwise, you can avoid using Loc=
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=46olders, so that it doesn't matter if KMail moves its location. Just make=
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that the "Mail" agent isn't configured to use a location which might clash =
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Local Folders.

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David Jarvie.
KDE developer, KAlarm author.