KMail2 migration wizard does not work on localized versions of Kubuntu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdepim (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When starting KMail2 for the first time after an upgrade from KMail 1, the user is prompted to migrate the mails to KMail2. However, in localized versions of Ubuntu, KMail2 has localized names for the folder names, for example inbox folder in French is named "boîte de réception".
So after then the user is unable to see the emails, and the user gets an error message indicating that the migration process has failed. KMail may also crash at startup after the message indicating that migration has failed.
For the crashing bug, workaround consists in launching kmail-converter manually in interactive mode before first launch of KMail.
For the unable to migrate bug, here's the procedure :
- Go to the KMail 2 configuration panel, in the accounts applet. There, select the "KMail folder" and click modify. Put a folder anywhere but the default location which is ~./kde/
- KMail will create its folder tree for emails there.
- Stop KMail.
- Then manually move the content of the folders under ~/.kde/
- Start KMail.
- Akonadi will refresh the content of the folders, which can be fairly long.
This bug is in my opinion a showstopper as users will simply believe their emails are lost.
affects: | kubuntu-ppa → kdepim (Ubuntu) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.