[gentoo-user] Re: SMTP on Kmail-4.14.10 does not work without kde-apps/kwalletd-16.04.3-r1

[Jörg Schaible]

Mick wrote:

> On Tuesday 06 Jun 2017 16:35:40 you wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've updated a number of kde (plasma) packages, including kde-
>> frameworks/kwallet-5.34.0-r1.  A depclean action wanted to remove
>> kde-apps/kwalletd-16.04.3-r1 and I let it do its tha'ng.
>>
>> Following a new login I discovered that *every* time I wanted to send a
>> message I was being asked for the SMTP password.  For some users with 6
>> or
>> more email accounts this soon became tiresome.  The pop up advises that
>> the password should be saved in kwallet and offers the choice to save it
>> in ...
>> the configuration file!  It also advises that although it will be
>> obfuscated
>> it will not be safe in the configuration file.  There are two buttons,
>> one to save the password in the configuration file and another to not
>> save it (at all).
>>
>> So to retain what sanity I may have left, I had to re-install kde-
>> apps/kwalletd-16.04.3-r1, which appears to be able to manage SMTP
>> passwords without asking each time the user.
>>
>> Have you noticed the same?  Is there a fix or workaround for this?
>
> Just to clarify, there doesn't seem to be a problem with IMAP4 passwords,
> only with SMTP.
>
> When updating to kde-frameworks/kwallet-5.34.0-r1 I noticed this elog
> message, which implies I should no longer need the old kwalletd4:
>
> "LOG: postinst
> Starting with 5.34.0-r1, kwallet is able to serve applications
> that still require old kwalletd4. After migration has finished,
> kde-apps/kwalletd can be removed."
>
> So, do I have to wait for Kmail:4 to be updated to Kmail:5 before I give
> up on kwalletd4 despite the above message?

I had the same problem. But event if kwalletd is installed, it was no longer 
started. After some time I remembered that I changed the password for my 
mail account. However, that was after the "automated conversion" of the 
wallet from kwallet 4 to 5. So, when I updated my credentials in KMail at 
that time, the old wallet was updated. However, the latest update of kwallet 
seems to take over the APIs of kwallet 4 and redirect them to kwallet 5 
implementation. But that wallet still kept my old password of my mail 
account that was valid at conversion time. All I had to do was to reenter my 
new password in the KMail setup for this mail account.

Note, you should install knotify:4 if you want notifications about failed 
mail delivery from KMail. That was removed for me in an dependency clean-up, 
because I had no entry for it in world.

Cheers,
Jörg