Bug 186407

Summary:	mails should be in a visible directory in $HOME, not 3 nested hidden directories
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Alain BAECKEROOT <alain.baeckeroot>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	finex, luigi.toscano
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Alain BAECKEROOT 2009-03-07 00:04:52 UTC

Version:           inconnu (using 3.5.10, Debian Package 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny1 (lenny/sid))
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.26-1-686

My mails are at format maildir, but i had no choice of the location of the directory during the first login.

I find them in  ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/dimap/.1200326130.directory/.INBOX.directory
that means inside 3 hidden directories ! This is insane :-) Why hide the datas and show only empty directories ?

Mails and address book and more globally all user *data* should be in some *visible* directory in the $HOME, and only the _preferences_ in _hidden_ directories.

I hope this to become a "best practice", or even freedesktop standard.

Comment 1 Jaime Torres 2009-03-07 09:42:53 UTC

If you want to have them available in another directory, you could use symbolic links.
This is changning slowly in kde4, as the directories for application data and application confiuration can now be different. (a freedesktop standard).

Comment 2 FiNeX 2009-11-02 13:31:05 UTC

I think this wish is no more valid being the PIM management being completely rewritten on KDE 4.

Comment 3 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-18 08:30:10 UTC

Thank you for your feature request. Kmail1 is currently unmaintained so we are closing all wishes. Please feel free to reopen a feature request for Kmail2 if it has not already been implemented.
Thank you for your understanding.

Comment 4 Luigi Toscano 2012-08-19 00:14:57 UTC

Instead of creating a new feature request, please confirm here if the wishlist is still valid for kmail2.