On Wednesday 03 May 2006 21:33, Richard Kuhns wrote: > Andy Fawcett wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 May 2006 20:26, Richard Kuhns wrote: > >> Andy Fawcett wrote: > >>> On Wednesday 03 May 2006 18:36, Richard Kuhns wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> I'm feeling rather dense right now, so I'm hoping someone will > >>>> be able to tell me what obvious thing I'm overlooking. I'd like > >>>> to experiment with kmail (I'm currently using thunderbird). I've > >>>> tried to set up (under kmail) an incoming account using imap. > >>>> When I click on it after adding it, I get what seems to be a > >>>> listing of my home directory on the mail server. > >>>> > >>>> The kmail documentation mentions a "Prefix to folders" field, > >>>> which I can't find. > >>> > >>> Yeah, looks like this is outdated... > >>> > >>> You need to look in the same dialog next to the Namespaces: > >>> entry. Click the icon, and it should pretty much set it up for > >>> you. > >> > >> Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't make any difference. > >> After clicking on the icon, I got: > >> > >> Personal #mh/,#mhinbox,<Empty> > >> Other Users ~ > >> Shared #ftp/,#news.,#public/,#shared/ > > > > These *might* be correct. Basically, "Prefix to folders" is no > > more, gone forever, and IMAP Namespaces are the correct way to > > configure things. > > > >> My incoming email is in the standard '/var/mail' directory on the > >> mail server, by the way. > > > > Which IMAP server are you using? > > imap-uw-0106191041 University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail > servers
I just tried against my imap-uw here and got the same settings with the same effect. However, try the solution at http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/01/msg00422.html as it just worked fine for me. A. -- Andy Fawcett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In an open world without walls and fences, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ kde-freebsd mailing list [email protected] http://freebsd.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd
