Kmail not working in 4.8

[Lindsay Mathieson]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:07:47 PM Steve Riley wrote:
> On 2012-01-26 08:05:07 George Labuschagne <george.labuschagne at gmail.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > Kmail seems broken. I created two imap accounts. One a gmail one. When I
> > go
> > to the configuration screen and select the account and then click 'Modify'
> > nothing happens at all.
> > 
> > Also I cannot send any mails anymore via smtp on my gmail account or other
> > account.
> > 
> > When I now open kmail, it only says 'Loading.../Inbox' in the window title
> > bar but no new email ever arrives.
> 
> I've found that Akonadi's first attempt at creating resources will appear to
> succeed, but the resources sometimes don't work. Open the Akonadi Console,
> delete the Mail Dispatcher Agent, then re-create it. I've had to do this to
> get outbound SMTP to work.
> 
> Not sure why your IMAP modification settings aren't working, though. That is
> weird.


I've had problems with the Account Wizard creating resources that just don't 
work - not sure what is going on as they appear ok. But if I delete them and 
recreate the IMAP resource manually it works fine (mostly)

> 
> --Steve
-- 
Lindsay