LEAP: 42.2 Custom setup e-mail client

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Hello,

After reading a few articles about creating “my own” desktop environment from readily available bits, I realize that I may have a problem with my e-mail.

For years, I have used kmail (from the 42.2 version of LEAP). I have kmail store my email as imap messages locally because I used to have problems with mail stored in pop files getting corrupted and causing me to lose multiple message. I know this is not usual behavior.

I see two possibilities:

  1. Since I will still have KDE libraries installed, will kmail know enough to use the necessary KDE libraries when I am in a different desktop?

  2. If I will not be able to easily run kmail, what other e-mail client will recognize my local imap folders so I can see my current and stored messages?

If you need more information, please just ask.

Thanks for any help,
Mark

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Before you move on: Leap 42.2 is out of maintenance. Upgrade to 42.3

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OK. No problem. I have the disk burned already. I guess that is my project for tomorrow.

Thanks for the reply.

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If your repo setup is not too extravagant, you could also change the 42.2 in the repo URLs to 42,3 and run

zypper dup
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:56:01 +0000, MarkNei wrote:

> 1. Since I will still have KDE libraries installed, will kmail know
> enough to use the necessary KDE libraries when I am in a different
> desktop?

Yes, kmail doesn’t depend on having a KDE desktop - it just needs the
libraries. That’s the way it is for any application - the binaries are
linked to the libraries they need, and as long as you’ve met the
dependencies, you’ll be fine.

–
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

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Thank you Jim,

That is perfect. Exactly what I need to know.

Have a great one,
Mark