Kmail not working in 4.8

[O. Sinclair]

On 26/01/12 15:58, Mark Greenwood wrote:
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> On 26 Jan 2012, at 08:05, George Labuschagne wrote:
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>> Hi all
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>> I updated to 4.8 via the backports PPA. I started with a fresh clean home directory.
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>> Kmail seems broken. I created two imap accounts. One a gmail one. When I go to the configuration screen and select the account and then click 'Modify' nothing happens at all.
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>> Also I cannot send any mails anymore via smtp on my gmail account or other account.
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>> When I now open kmail, it only says 'Loading.../Inbox' in the window title bar but no new email ever arrives.
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>> What should I do?
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from kde-pim users list:
clean .kde tmps like this :
rm -rf /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER /tmp/ksocket-$USER /tmp/kde-$USER
sometimes do magic

have not tried myself, am not using IMAP and still on 4.7.4