[Gllug] Problem with KMail

[Stuart Sears]

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Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    I have just upgraded a box from Debian Sarge to Etch. All appeared to go
> well, but KMail crashes every time I try to run it for the main user of the
> box. It works normally for two other occasional users, so I just want to
> reset the configuration for the main user. I am running a SmartHost
> mailserver in another box, and other boxes can access the same user mail.
>    Unfortunately I have not been able to find which file(s) store the
> configuration, or re-run the configuration proceedure (it does not appear
> until KMail is running). Setting up KMail for another user shows that about
> 5-6 files are modified, but they are not easy-to-read plain text. I can
> re-install KMail, but the original configuration problems are retained. I am
> not able to remove KMail without removing KDE and all its components, and
> have no wish to change the very complicated desktop setup for this user.
>    Do I have any option apart from moving to a different mail system (which
> I have done for the moment)?

rm ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc
(or indeed renaming it) causes the initial config wizard to be run again
when I do it. You could try that. Or have you done this already?

Regards

Stuart
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