Have you tried deleting the receiving account and then re-creating it? ~Scott
On January 17, 2003 01:25 pm, Ian Bruseker wrote: > No, you're right, it does use a profile system. It stores them in the > kmailrc file (found in $HOME/.kde./share/config). But I knew that, and > deleted that file along with the $HOME/Mail directory, to make KMail forget > "everything". Except, alas, that wasn't everything. There's still > something somewhere that knows what the last message I retrieved from the > server was. > > Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:19 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) KMail question > > > > > > I haven't worked with KMail so may be out to lunch on this... > > > > Does Kmail use the "profile" concept so that more than one user can use > > it (under one login). If so, then you should be able to just remove the > > profile, restart Kmail, then recreate the profile - at that point it > > should > > assume it's a new mailbox and get the contents of the mailbox from the > > server. > > > > But, with the way logins are handled under Linux and the > > configuration files > > are stored, I'm thinking a profile isn't used. > > > > My thoughts... > > > > Shawn > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Bruseker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:15 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: (clug-talk) KMail question > > > > > > Actually, the storage format part I figured out. I just changed > > the setting > > to mbox and that was that (the only thing that bugged me about > > that is that > > KMail defaults to maildir, but if you change the setting, it > > doesn't change > > the existing mail folder to the new format, but no worries, I got around > > that by just deleting ~/Mail and letting KMail recreate it in > > mbox format). > > > > The problem I have is that it isn't getting the messages off the server > > again. I suspect it has stored, somewhere, the index (on the > > server) of the > > last message it retrieved, and is only picking up messages received by > > the server after that index value. I want it to go back and get ALL the > > messages on the server again. That's what I need help with. > > > > Ian > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Garth Meisel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:35 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) KMail question > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Kmail is TOTALLY configurable so there shouldn't be a problem > > > getting it to do > > > exactly what you want. I think what you're expecting or wanting for > > > the storage end is "Store as Flat Files." That way they're just > > > plain text and > > > not where you need to open Kmail in order to view or manipulate certain > > > messages. > > > Is this what you're wanting?
