Package: kmail Version: 4:4.14.1-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I am using kmail on different computers (in particular: 1 desktop and 1 laptop) and I need to keep all mail synchronized between these computers. That is all :-) In all previous kmail versions including those in Debian 7, it was possible to transfer/synchronize the complete mail settings and folders between different computers. I simply used to quit kmail, used 'unison' to sync the relevant files and directories from pc-1 to pc-2, continued to work on pc-2 (think travel) and then sync back from pc-2 to pc-1. This took only seconds. With the introduction of a different kmail/akonadi/... architecture in Debian 8, this is no longer possible. The relevant data seem now now be spread across a multitude of databases that are all "live" as soon as I am logged in, i.e. I cannot sync them - some software (akonadi? baloo?) starts as soon as I log in and keeps these files open. => How can I get back to a state where all mail on my notebook computer could be kept identical with that on my desktop? Notes: o the key problem is the non-sync of the "local" folders since I transfer lots of mails from IMAP to "local" folders, and these must stay in sync. (hey, syncing IMAP is not a problem ;-) o I have tried 'pimsettingexporter' but this was a major mess - (a) it takes a very long time to create the archive, and (2) on unpacking, both the mail folders and account settings/names are lost/garbled. This is not a valid option :-/ * What led up to the situation? The switch to a different kmail/akonadi/... architecture in Debian 8. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages kmail depends on: ii kde-runtime 4:4.14.2-2 ii kdepim-runtime 4:4.14.2-3 ii kdepimlibs-kio-plugins 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libakonadi-calendar4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libakonadi-contact4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libakonadi-kde4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libakonadi-kmime4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libakonadiprotocolinternals1 1.13.0-2+deb8u2 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u6 ii libcalendarsupport4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libfollowupreminder4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10 ii libgpgme++2 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libgrantlee-core0 0.4.0-2 ii libincidenceeditorsng4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libkabc4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkalarmcal2 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkcalcore4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkcalutils4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkcmutils4 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libkdecore5 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libkdepim4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libkdeui5 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libkio5 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libkleo4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libkmanagesieve4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libkmime4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libknewstuff3-4 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libknotifyconfig4 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libkontactinterface4a 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkparts4 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libkpgp4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libkpimidentities4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkpimtextedit4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkpimutils4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libkprintutils4 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libksieveui4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libktnef4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libmailcommon4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libmailimporter4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libmailtransport4 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2 ii libmessagecomposer4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libmessagecore4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libmessagelist4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libmessageviewer4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libpimcommon4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqt4-network 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtwebkit4 2.3.4.dfsg-3 ii libsendlater4 4:4.14.1-1 ii libsolid4 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10 ii libtemplateparser4 4:4.14.1-1 ii perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 Versions of packages kmail recommends: ii gnupg-agent 2.0.26-6+deb8u1 ii gnupg2 2.0.26-6+deb8u1 ii pinentry-gtk2 [pinentry-x11] 0.8.3-2 Versions of packages kmail suggests: pn clamav | f-prot-installer <none> ii kaddressbook 4:4.14.1-1 pn kleopatra <none> ii procmail 3.22-24 pn spamassassin | bogofilter | annoyance-filter | spambayes | bsfi <none> -- no debconf information