Version: 1.7.2 (using KDE 3.3.2, (3.1)) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-2-386 This happens when using cascading configuration http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/config_file.php#cascading with shell expansion to centrally provide all users in a network with a working config. 1) When choosing a default Mail Identity or Transport kmail saves this object as first entry in the config file. On the next program startup the first entry will be overridden by the central configs first Identity. The default Identity etc. should probabaly be defined by an id# not list enumeration. Workaround: Don't change the default Identity or Transport but specify a specific Transport for your alternate Identities and use the "sticky" Identity checkmark in the composer window Identity selection to stick to your main Identity. 2) The KDE config cascading and/or Kmail prevents different stanzas like [Identity #n] to get merged corectly between cascades. The numbering is taken as hardcoded and overlap between different cascades. I.e. wehn [Identity #0] exists in a user's config file and another [Identity #0] is provided in a layer above, the one from above overrides/writes the users one. Coruption happens when config files are moved or edited, or during updates when new central configs with new stanzas get installed. Workaround: You have to incrase all numberings of user stanzas in a users config file i.e. [Account n+1] and also accounts=N+1 under [General], before creating a central config file with one such stanza added to the beginning. Downstream problem reports including example configs (see attatchments) can for example be found at: http://bugs.skolelinux.no/show_bug.cgi?id=550
Is this still a problem in KDE 4.3?
Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report. KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2. We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.