Version: 3.5.8 (using KDE 3.5.8) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages Compiler: 4:4.1.2-9ubuntu2 OS: Linux I have had trouble with kmail and started over with a completely blank installation. I've purged the kmail package, removed the ~/Mail folder and deleted everything with "kmail" in the file name in ~/.kde and its subdirectories. All existing folders (except for the inbox) should be empty. The directories in ~/Mail are all empty. The folder list shows "-" as the size of the folders ("outbox", "sent mail" etc.). But when you select a folder, a folder size mysteriously appears in the size column of the folder list. For instance, it changes from "-" to "13,7 kB" for the outbox folder. The directories in ~/Mail are still empty. Apart from the bug: How can I get a new, completely empty installation of kmail?
13,7 kB seems to be the size of an empty folder. KMail creates a folder structure for the inbox/outbox etc, and these folders use diskspace, as they occupy inodes. Thus, the size displayed is correct. The size is displayed on-the-fly, and because of this, it gets only calculated when clicking a folder. Removing ~/Mail, ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail and ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc (and probably your identities and transports as well, not sure how those files are named, but they are also in the config directory) should remove all KMail settings and files. In fact, ~/Mail is not used in newer versions anymore.
> ------- Additional Comments From Thomas.McGuire gmx net 2008-06-30 18:47 ------- > 13,7 kB seems to be the size of an empty folder. > KMail creates a folder structure for the inbox/outbox etc, and these folders use diskspace, as they occupy inodes. Thus, the size displayed is correct. The size is displayed on-the-fly, and because of this, it gets only calculated when clicking a folder. That's not quite true. 16 kB is the size of an empty folder: ~/Mail $ du -s * 16 drafts 16 inbox 16 outbox 16 sent-mail 16 templates 16 trash The size of the phantom mail is outbox: 13.7 kB sent mail: 132.1 kB trash: empty ("-") drafts: 12,0 kB templates: 12,0 kB _____________________________________________________________________ Der WEB.DE SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! http://smartsurfer.web.de/?mc=100071&distributionid=000000000066