Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) OS: Linux Installed from: SuSE RPMs Some days ago I managed to delete all my email, the files in kde4 apps folder. So I want to propose a suggestion that mail-files has it own user, so the mail-files cannot be deleted my accident. What do you guys think?
I see some problems with your approach, for example: * kmail must change the effective user id to be allowed to read/write the mails. But also must have the real user id to open kaddressbook, akonadi resources, .... Therefore, kmail will be more complex (and more bugs to come :-(). I propose you a much simpler solution: move kmail directory somewhere else (into a safe directory) and make a symbolic link to the default place.