Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

[Mick]

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 12:39:18 J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:51:57 AM Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 10:20:23 J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 09:53:24 AM Mick wrote:

> > This is good to know.  An earlier akonadi bug would actually delete files
> > on the server.  O_O
>
> Hmm... must have missed that one...
> Are you sure that also affected IMAP connections?

Yes, I remember reading about some bug between akonadi and mysql.  akonadi 
would push its corruption to the IMAP4 server, deleting a tonne of messages.

I also remember a Mr A McKinnon having a well earned rant on this same M/L 
when he was trying out Kmail2, quite likely still in ~arch at the time.


> > I take this to mean that the Kmail interface does not freeze up and you
> > can continue to read/delete messages, change folders, etc.?
>
> Yes, with only the following comment: When moving large (1000+) amounts of
> messages to a different folder, let the interface show it as finished
> before doing something else with KMail.

Cool, so as long I delete a few messages at a time, it should be OK.


> > Thank you Joost, this is very useful to know.  What do you mean by
> > "haven't had to restart the mail cache"?  Do you mean you did not have
> > to delete the akonadi database(s) and restart it?
>
> Yes, restarting the mail cache is: delete everything and start over....
>
> Don't forget, akonadi-storage has 2 parts:
> 1) The database (mysql or postgresql)
> 2) Files
>
> The 2 are linked and need to be kept in sync.
> This is important for backups and cleanup.

Yes, there are a number of files and databases in my current setup (Kmail1 
with sqlite3) under .local/share/ including akonadi, baloo, et al.

-- 
Regards,
Mick