[kde-linux] KMail 1.9.1 Flaws

I just got around to upgrading my office system to SuSE Linux 10.1
and ran into a problem with KMail 1.9.1. It is seriously flawed.

I use multiple systems. Although I have several laptops, most of the
systems that I use are servers or desktop systems. I have SuSE Linux
running on most of them. In this environment, I want all sent mail
and drafts stored on the IMAP server along with all of the folders
where I store mail. I don't want anything stored on the system that
I happen to be using at the moment.

While there were some issues with KMail 1.8.x, it did behave as I
would expect an IMAP client to work. With KMail 1.9.1, however,
there seems to have been a shift in perspective from an IMAP client
accessing mail on a central server to a POP3 client where all mail
and folders are maintained on the client.

The KMail configuration options no longer allow me to specify where
my mail folders are located, i.e. <IMAP_server>/~mcc/Mail. I can't
change the properties of "sent-mail" and specify that messages that I
send are to be stored in <IMAP_server/~mcc/Mail/sentmail or change
the properties of "drafts" to store mail that I'm composing in
<IMAP_server/~mcc/Mail/postponed.

Yes, I do have systems that do not have KDE or KMail. On those I use
Pine. In my environment it is critical that everything be stored on
a central server.

Now, the big question: What changes can be made to kmailrc to
restore the KMail 1.8.x behavour or do I have to switch to yet
another user mail agent?

Merton Campbell Crockett
m.c.crockett@xxxxxxxxxxxx



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