KDE4 KMail Won't Save Sending Account Entries

[Guest]

After upgrading to 8.10, I no longer have any entries in my Sending Accounts list. Nor can I save any. The problem is still present after upgrading 8.10 from KDE 4.1 to KDE 4.2. It won't save SMTP entries or SendMail entries. There are no errors: I fill out the dialogue and save, and nothing appears in the Sending Accounts window. Attempting to send an email fails with no Sending account. I have tried removing the "kmailrc" file and starting again with the same results.

I tried creating a new account on the machine and it had the same problem. But another account that already existed on the machine kept the sending account it already had and seems to be working OK.

Pointers on how to debug this would be most welcome.

[jankushka]

Re: KDE4 KMail Won't Save Sending Account Entries

i'm still on kde 4.1.4 and kmail works no problems for me.
i do not have experience with kde 4.2.
here's a few things that cropped up my mind...

debug/log:
try starting kmail from the command line and see if you get any log/debug messages while working with it.

ownership/permissions:
it does not seem to be an ownership/permissions issue (since you already tried with a fresh new account).
but try running the following from your home dir anyway

cd
find . ! -user <your_username_goes_here> -exec ls -la {} \;

to check if there's anything in there that does not belong to you.

kmail config files:
defaults are in .kde/share/config/emaildefaults
identities are in .kde/share/config/emailidentities
transports (sending stuff) are in .kde/share/config/mailtransports

hth

[Guest]

Re: KDE4 KMail Won't Save Sending Account Entries

Thanks for the pointer. The [mailtransports] file was there. But it was one of three files in the .kde/share/config directory owned by root.root!? Fixing that made quite a difference.

Maybe my alarms will be working again now as well. Ta VERY muchly!