Using kdepim master: # ps x |grep kmail 21791 ? Rl 0:04 /kde/inst/kdepim/bin/kmail -caption KMail # qdbus |grep kmail org.kde.kmail org.kde.kmail2 # qdbus org.kde.kmail / /KDebug /KIO /KIO/Scheduler /KMail /KPIMIDENTITIES_IdentityManager /MailTransportService /MainApplication /TransportManager /kmail2 /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1 /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/kmail_copy /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/file_print /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/file_open /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/new_from_template /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/kmail_undo /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_show_tip /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/options_configure_toolbars /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/options_configure_keybinding /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/file_quit /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_contents /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_whats_this /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_report_bug /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/switch_application_language /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_about_app /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_about_kde /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/Filter_Classify_as_Spam /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/Filter_Classify_as_NOT_Spam /kmail2_PimApplication # qdbus org.kde.kmail2 / /KDebug /KIO /KIO/Scheduler /KMail /KPIMIDENTITIES_IdentityManager /MailTransportService /MainApplication /TransportManager /kmail2 /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1 /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/kmail_copy /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/file_print /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/file_open /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/new_from_template /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/kmail_undo /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_show_tip /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/options_configure_toolbars /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/options_configure_keybinding /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/file_quit /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_contents /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_whats_this /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_report_bug /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/switch_application_language /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_about_app /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/help_about_kde /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/Filter_Classify_as_Spam /kmail2/kmail_mainwindow_1/actions/Filter_Classify_as_NOT_Spam /kmail2_PimApplication
It's normal to keep compatibility with kmail1 (and apps which use kmail1 dbus interface). So it's not a bug. Regards
Well, why do we have org.kde.kmail2 then ? specially considering that kmail2.desktop has X-DBUS-ServiceName=org.kde.kmail what is creating org.kde.kmail2 ?
KApplication created it (if I remember) from apps name.
Thanks for the details.