It doesn't download any new emails - because of buggy Akondai, it seems.
Solution is known since years - restart akonadi server, then it started
to work.
https://userbase.kde.org/KMail/FAQs_Hints_and_Tips#You_get_the_error_.22Unable_to_fetch_item_from_backend.22_when_entering_IMAP_folder
But I blame kmail itself too, it fails slinently, you click download
button and NOTHING happens. It should say "timeout contacting that
god-damned Akonadi, after 5 seconds" at very least.
And there should be in program way to debug what it is doing, but no
- the status bar (that shows x% completed when downloading) doesn't
change and shows nothing. It should show "0%, contacting Akondai
backend" or something as the very first step.
- konsole output doesn't show anything
- tools - log activites showsn nothing. What an useless tool! What is
supposed to do anyway?
I use kmail from Debian here,
dpkg says I have kmail "kmail 4:18.08.3-1" but kmail about says
"Version 5.9.3"
and I use mysql backend (only it is installed).
If I insteall postgresql then will it work fine?
I do not want to manually run SQL command or something just to use email
(that would be a CRAZY thing to require end user to do).
On 12/10/2020 06:56, Marek Kochanowicz wrote:
It works completly fine for me and has been for years now.
dragon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx pisze:
Long time ago I was using kmail, until it become slow and buggy.
Many would say that Akonadi was too blame.
Now after years I again try to use kmail again (since Thunderbird
butchered the PGP and its integrated support if it is subpar).
But kmail again stops working after short while - all emails are in
"Connection Established" state (in config - accounts - receiving).
Quick googling leads to threads from 5-7 years ago, again pointing at
fault of Akondai.
Was this a mistake to use Akonadi (or add enough polish to work over
this problems)?
Should someone start kmail3 that actually can be usable?
First of, the error reporting/debugging is not intuitive nor informative.
