Kubuntu 15.10 Beta issues

[O. Sinclair]

On 17/09/2015 08:53, O. Sinclair wrote:
> NOTE: I have mailed this to the kdepim users mailing list as well
> 
> I am trying out Kubuntu 15.10 (Plasma 5 with all latest versions) in a
> virtualbox. After latest upgrades KMail is reporting 4.81 beta version.
> 
> For the sake of business I have to use an account at Office365.com,
> Microsoft "cloud" service. In my current work Kmail setup Kmail 4.14.2
> this is not a problem. I run it as IMAP with "offline download" and that
> is one of the ways to access office365.com when you do not run
> Outlook/Exhange access.
> 
> In the new version however it simply does not work, at least not from a
> fresh installation. I can create the account (have done it several times
> now...) and choose what folders to subscribe to etc.
> 
> But on fetching absolutely nothing happens except for lots of network
> access. Akonadi (if I run akonadi start from a console) states that it
> is fetching a folder/collection, eg "Sent" with correct numbers of
> items. Then no progress.
> 
> The usual question, so to speak: anyone using the latest KMail with
> Office365.com and managing? Any tips or tricks I can try?
> 

To anyone interested there is a bug report on this issue with a number
of persons reporting the same behavior:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351814

If you are using office365.com - stay on 14.10 or possibly 15.04 (that I
dont use so am not sure if it is affected).

Kind regards,
Sinclair