Kmail maildir folder "new" permanently empty?!

I’ve come across this really annoying bug in Kmail: why does it create the “new” folder in your inbox when you create a new pop account, and then never uses the freaking thing? I have pulled out all my hair trying to make Conky scan the Kmail folder for new mail – only to find out that Conky has actually been correctly scanning it all the time, it was just never populated! Where the heck does Kmail keep new mails then? Anyone know?

Gosh! I’ve actually reached 399 posts on openSuSE forums already!

Ehm … make that 400.:wink: