On Tuesday 02 October 2012 18:13:30 Janek S. wrote:
Stupid people need stupid questions... I hang my head. Unfortunately, I can't now try it because KMail-trinity now crashes as soon as I try to open it. I need to get back somehow to square one with it. But when I do, I shall immediately try your suggestion - and kick myself hard again.
(The obvious thing to try first is reinstate the default in kmailrc.)
If I were in your situation I would try to remove all KMail's config files: ~/.trinity/share/apps/kmail/* ~/itrinity/share/config/emaildefaults ~/itrinity/share/config/emailidentities ~/itrinity/share/config/kmailrc* ~/Mail (or any other directory that contains your emails). By removing I mean of course moving them to different location, so they can be restored. I would hope that KMail will simple recreate those files and then you could try to import emails from old KDE3 directory.
I don't claim that this will work, but that's what I would try.
Sadly, I had already done something different by the time I read this. But if I could grab you and kiss you down the internet I would! I have nearly everything intact. I am having to do a bit of moving around and the settings need redoing, but I have my folders, my filters, so far as I can see all my emails - in other words, maybe not as good as it could have been but entirely acceptable and _far_ better than I was trying to get resigned to!
Many, many thanks, and of course repeated heartfelt thanks to the rest of you who gave me so much help, Lisi