kmailtransport-akonadi is not a dependency

[emptythevoid]

KMail supports adding a Microsoft EWS account under Configure Kmail -> Receiving -> Add -> Custom Account. This works as expected. However, as packaged (either on a default installation, or when installing Kmail using apt and allowing all it's dependencies), the package kmailtransport-akonadi is not included. This means when you go to Configure Kmail -> Sending -> Add, EWS is not listed as an option. The user has to know (or web search) that they need to manually install kmailtransport-akonadi in order to allow them to send email using their EWS account. Simply installing this package and relaunching Kmail allows a Microsoft EWS sending agent to appear in the list exactly like you would expect.

I would not consider this a problem if it wasn't for the fact that *receiving* email from EWS is included out of the box. *Sending* should also be included.

This occurs with a clean install of Kubuntu 19.10. It also occurs on Kubuntu 20.04 (tested with latest daily as of 3/6/2020) after running apt install kmail.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: kmail 4:19.04.3-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Mar 6 15:07:07 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-06 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200306)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kmail
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package kmail - 4:19.04.3-0ubuntu3

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kmail (4:19.04.3-0ubuntu3) focal; urgency=medium

  * Add kmailtransport-akonadi to Recommends. (LP: #1866397)

 -- Rik Mills <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:26:37 +0000