Hello,
A today's system update (apt-get dist-upgrade) would remove the package kio-smtp. Is this a desired behavior or should you wait until the right package is available?

My Neon system:
Last dist-upgrade: 2017-12-13 18:36
Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic
KDE neon User Edition 5.11

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# LANG=C; apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 1
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 1
Investigating (0) libkf5mailtransport5 [ amd64 ] < 17.08.3-0neon+16.04+xenial+build34 -> 17.12.0-0neon+16.04+xenial+build45 > ( libs )
Broken libkf5mailtransport5:amd64 Breaks on kio-smtp [ amd64 ] < 17.08.3-0neon+16.04+xenial+build34 > ( libs ) (< 17.12.0)
  Considering kio-smtp:amd64 -1 as a solution to libkf5mailtransport5:amd64 49
  Added kio-smtp:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing libkf5mailtransport5:amd64 via remove of kio-smtp:amd64
Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  kwalletmanager libkdegames6abi1 libkf5kiogui5 libkf5purposewidgets5 libkf5syndication5 libkolab1 libkpimimportwizard5 libllvm3.8
  libokular5core7 linux-headers-4.10.0-38 linux-headers-4.10.0-38-generic linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.10.0-38-generic
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  kio-smtp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  drkonqi libcfitsio2 libkf5purpose-bin libkpimsmtp5 libmarkdown2 libokular5core8
The following packages will be upgraded:
  accountwizard akonadi-backend-mysql akonadi-contacts-data akonadi-mime-data akonadi-server akonadiconsole ark distro-info-data
  dolphin fuse gwenview k3b k3b-data kaccounts-providers kaddressbook kamera kate kate5-data kcalc kde-config-cddb
  kde-config-mailtransport kde-spectacle kdegames-mahjongg-data-kf5 kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdepim-addons kdepim-runtime
  kdepim-themeeditors kdialog kf5-kdepim-apps-libs-data kf5-messagelib-data kfourinline kio kio-extras kio-extras-data kio-ldap
  kio-sieve kleopatra kmahjongg kmail kmines knotes kolourpaint konsole konsole-kpart kontact korganizer kreversi kwalletmanager
  kwrite libdolphinvcs5 libfuse2 libgpgme11 libgpgmepp6 libk3b7 libk3b7-extracodecs libkaccounts1 libkf5akonadiagentbase5
  libkf5akonadicalendar5 libkf5akonadicontact5 libkf5akonadicore5 libkf5akonadimime5 libkf5akonadinotes5 libkf5akonadiprivate5
  libkf5akonadisearch-bin libkf5akonadisearch-data libkf5akonadisearch-plugins libkf5akonadisearchcore5 libkf5akonadisearchdebug5
  libkf5akonadisearchpim5 libkf5akonadisearchxapian5 libkf5akonadiwidgets5 libkf5akonadixml5 libkf5alarmcalendar5
  libkf5baloowidgets-bin libkf5baloowidgets5 libkf5calendarcore5 libkf5calendarsupport-data libkf5calendarsupport5
  libkf5calendarutils5 libkf5cddb5 libkf5contacteditor-data libkf5contacteditor5 libkf5contacts-data libkf5contacts5
  libkf5eventviews-data libkf5eventviews5 libkf5followupreminder5 libkf5grantleetheme-plugins libkf5grantleetheme5 libkf5gravatar5
  libkf5holidays-data libkf5holidays5 libkf5identitymanagement5 libkf5imap5 libkf5incidenceeditor5 libkf5kaddressbookgrantlee5
  libkf5kaddressbookimportexport5 libkf5kdcraw5 libkf5kdegames7 libkf5kdegamesprivate1 libkf5kdepimdbusinterfaces5 libkf5kexiv2-15.0.0
  libkf5kiocore5 libkf5kiofilewidgets5 libkf5kiogui5 libkf5kiontlm5 libkf5kiowidgets5 libkf5kipi-data libkf5kipi32.0.0
  libkf5kmahjongglib5 libkf5kmanagesieve5 libkf5kontactinterface-data libkf5kontactinterface5 libkf5ksieve-data libkf5ksieve5
  libkf5ksieveui5 libkf5ldap5 libkf5libkdepim-data libkf5libkdepim-plugins libkf5libkdepim5 libkf5libkdepimakonadi5 libkf5libkleo-data
  libkf5libkleo5 libkf5mailcommon5 libkf5mailimporter5 libkf5mailimporterakonadi5 libkf5mailtransport-data libkf5mailtransport5
  libkf5mailtransportakonadi5 libkf5mbox5 libkf5messagecomposer5 libkf5messagecore5 libkf5messagelist5 libkf5messageviewer5
  libkf5mime5 libkf5mimetreeparser5 libkf5pimcommon5 libkf5pimcommonakonadi5 libkf5pimtextedit-plugins libkf5pimtextedit5
  libkf5sane-data libkf5sane5 libkf5sendlater5 libkf5syndication5 libkf5templateparser5 libkf5tnef5 libkf5wallet-bin libkf5wallet-data
  libkf5wallet5 libkf5webengineviewer5 libkpimgapi-data libkpimgapicalendar5 libkpimgapicontacts5 libkpimgapicore5 libkpimgapitasks5
  libkpimimportwizard5 libkpimkdav5 libkwalletbackend5-5 libkworkspace5-5 libpackagekit-glib2-18 libplasma-geolocation-interface5
  libqgpgme7 libqmobipocket2 libqt5concurrent5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5network5 libqt5opengl5 libqt5printsupport5
  libqt5sql5 libqt5sql5-mysql libqt5sql5-sqlite libqt5test5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5xml5 libtaskmanager6 libweather-ion7 libzip5
  mbox-importer okular packagekit packagekit-tools pim-data-exporter pim-sieve-editor plasma-workspace print-manager python-apt-common
  python3-apt qml-module-org-kde-games-core qml-module-org-kde-kholidays qt5-gtk-platformtheme sddm sddm-theme-breeze
194 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 109 MB of archives.
After this operation, 11.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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I've just run the same update without any problems - and certainly not removing anything.
Have a look at the apt-get man page for info.

'apt-get check' will report any dependency errors that may have arisen.

'apt-get upgrade' is more cautious than 'dist-upgrade' so run it first - sort any errors.

Then for for the full 'dist-upgrade'

Actually it looks like it is in conflict with libkf5mailtransport5 package

I've removed it as suggested by a system update (on kde neon) and kmail stopped to send emails.
I've reinstalled it and kmail started again to send messages.
There is no conflict with libkf5mailtransport5 package because I it was installed when I reinstalled kio-smtp

The problem is solved. Today, the "apt-get dist-upgrade" has not removed anything and ran without a problem.

Thanks!

So glad I found this topic.
Since recent update mail has refused to be sent, telling "failed to transport message. unable to create smtp job."
Installing back kio-smtp fixed the problem.

Thank you.

Hello,

I've reinstalled kio-smtp but I still can't send mails.

Kind regards,
Stefan

This is an other problem:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388068