Kubuntu 12.04 LTS and KMail

[Nils Kassube]

Jerry Lapham wrote:
> I've been using Kubuntu 11.04 as my "production" system for about a
> year and find it quite satisfactory.  This past week I cloned my
> 11.04 partition and did upgrades to 11.10 and then 12.04 LTS.  12.04
> looks pretty good except for KMail2.  In the past I was able to
> access the same Kmail settings and mail from either 10.04 or 11.04
> by putting them on my /DATA partition and and using symlinks.  That
> doesn't seem to work with KMail2.
> 
> Is there any way to share my 11.04 Kmail data in KMail2?

I don't think there is an easy way. While I was primarily searching for 
a way to get around the not yet properly working filters, the result is 
more or less the same as for your problem. The only solution I found so 
far was to install a local IMAP server and move your mail to that IMAP 
server. Then you can even access your mail from other machines and/or 
with other email applications. I found a detailed description at [1] 
(ignore the whining in that article). While the author wants to meve 
away from Kmail, you can of course use the same setup with Kmail/Kmail2. 
In your case, you would install that IMAP server on both 10.04 and 12.04 
and use the same data path for the IMAP server.


Nils

[1] <http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm>