Hi. I am trying to import all of my email settings from Claws Mail, but when I access the import tool in Kmail, I get the following message:

Could not start the import wizard. Please make sure you have ImportWizard properly installed.

I installed Kmail with the Software Center, but have installed Synaptic to poke around and see if I could find something that was called "ImportWizard", unfortunately without help. Any suggestions how I can get this sorted?

SoftwareCenter/Discover
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Under Accessories:

"KMail Import Wizard"

Installed or not-installed?

Installed.

Hi,

please check for accountwizzard in Synaptic. This should do the trick

$ apt search libkf5mailimporter-dev
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Full Text Search... Done
libkf5mailimporter-dev/xenial,now 4:16.12.3-0neon+16.04+build20 amd64 [installed]
KDE PIM Mail importer library, devel files

Installed or not-installed?

sudo apt-get install accountwizard

** ignore - misread the package name **

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$ apt search libkf5mailimporter-dev
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
libkf5mailimporter-dev/xenial 4:16.12.3-0neon+16.04+build6 amd64
  KDE PIM Mail importer library, devel files

Not installed. I ran:

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$ sudo apt install libkf5mailimporter-dev

A window pops up when I start Kmail, stating that another email client has been detected, but everything is greyed out. When I close the window and start the wizard from Kmail, I get the same message as in my first posting on this topic

This helps probably (with me, it does):

$ sudo apt install akonadi-import-wizard

OK, that got the wizard working, thanks. For those that try this and have multiple accounts, they should be aware that the import requires a fair amount of configuration, particularly if you have never used KMail before. I am planning on installing the KDE Neon distro on my other computers, so it would also be nice to know how to copy the KMail files onto a USB pen drive (where do they reside, post transfer issues, etc.).

globetrotterdk wrote:it would also be nice to know how to copy the KMail files onto a USB pen drive (where do they reside, post transfer issues, etc.).

In KMail Tools-> Import/Export KMail Data, then File -> Export Data or Import Data

Cool. Thanks. I am a very happy camper Thanks to all for contributing to the solutions!

NoNameNoBlame wrote:This helps probably (with me, it does):

$ sudo apt install akonadi-import-wizard

This solved my issue. Thanks!