bcooksley wrote:The three "usual suspects" (cur, tmp, new) are the contents of the top level folder - per the Maildir specification. The .local-mail.directory folder contains the Folders which are inside the Top level folder.

Right, it is fine since I don't have any mails inside the top (or call it root) directory of "Local Folders".

bcooksley wrote:This is per the Maildir specification. If you look carefully inside .local-mail.directory then you will find more hidden (prefixed with .) folders and more folders containing the same cur, tmp and new folders.

What about the non-existing folder in "Local folder"? Actually, there are more than 3 "old" directories that where removed. Why are they not "synced"?

NikosAlexandris wrote:No luck here Bill. Either using Ctrl+A or Selecting all, or just a subset of mails, in the Inbox folder, it only filters one message (the last one I think).

Hmmm.. Very odd behavior Nikos. Maybe others will give their experiences as to if this process works for them. I run kmail here on only one machine (using kubuntu) and the 'bulk selection - filtering process' seems to work ok on it. However, since I have only tested it on that one machine, I have pretty limited experience with it. I am running kmail version 4.7.3 here. Perhaps it is an OS related issue causing the selection process not to work. I suppose your bulk text selection works well in other programs there... yes?

cheers
Bill

@NikosAlexandris: For the deleted but still existing in the directory folders? No idea I am afraid. My guess is that they have been marked as deleted but retained for other (unknown) reasons.

bweinel wrote:

NikosAlexandris wrote:No luck here Bill. Either using Ctrl+A or Selecting all, or just a subset of mails, in the Inbox folder, it only filters one message (the last one I think).

Hmmm.. Very odd behavior Nikos. Maybe others will give their experiences as to if this process works for them. I run kmail here on only one machine (using kubuntu) and the 'bulk selection - filtering process' seems to work ok on it. However, since I have only tested it on that one machine, I have pretty limited experience with it. I am running kmail version 4.7.3 here. Perhaps it is an OS related issue causing the selection process not to work. I suppose your bulk text selection works well in other programs there... yes?

cheers
Bill

4.7.3 here too. Strangely, though, it seems it works for single threads, no matter how many messages pertain to a thread!

bcooksley wrote:@NikosAlexandris: For the deleted but still existing in the directory folders? No idea I am afraid. My guess is that they have been marked as deleted but retained for other (unknown) reasons.

I guess I have to report this. I'll wait a few days, and try to read more reports. Either I will post into an already existing "bug" report or open a new one.

Cheers!

...and now is almost July and the problem with KMail and Akonadi is the same as is not worst...

Before releasing a programm which is part of the well known KDE Desktop Environment with many happy users around the globe,

a DEVELOPER team should also

Be considerate
And objectively consider the state of the program:
- if there's safe reliable migration process,
- if there's still potentially serious problems that can lead to dataloss,
- if there might still be regressions and whether they are openly and fairly documented and described

Be respectful
- respect your users trust - warn them for problems
- respect the reputation of your fellows at KDE, the linux community and the linux ecosystem as a whole
- respect the frustration of people that trusted in "stable" and "part of KDE" by fixing asap

Be collaborative
- By addressing the forums here and then and explaining your motives, your efforts and what can be expected and what not ...
KDE is not a multibillion dollar business, you can stay in contact with your userbase!
- advise and inform the distributions NOT to use the kontact suite, cause otherwise they potentially letting down their casual users to a "linux with KDE could be cool, but you can't use it productively, - better wait a few years..." experience.

Be pragmatic
- submit a "state of the software" post here and then, so people have a basis for deciding before installing ...
- don't push stuff that's not completely worth it into "stable" to avoid all the troublesome, energy draining and timewrecking disussions
(aren't we all mad about MS using ther paying(!) customers as betatesters?)
- ask for more help if things go so terribly wrong as they did, there's no shame in that and many users willing to do everything to get some of the wort issues fixed

So that would be a nice move on the developing side of the matter.
I guess people ranting in the forums like me are often frustrated because in spite of the community idea the KDE forums often feel like a traditional nondisclosing company: you never get the responsible guys on the phone!

just my two cents,
thx for reading,
piedro

Very well said, piedro