I opened a related KDE bug (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238217) to bring up the issue of Akonadi's fragility to the attention of KMail devs.
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #238217 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238217 -- Akonadi startup error with no MySql https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578357 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to akonadi in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs