Mea culpa - apology at the end. :-( On 16 November 2011 12:09, Laurent Dard <f.couperin@...> wrote: > Le 16/11/2011 12:28, Lisi Reisz a écrit : >> Help!! I really need my KMail stuff! How do I persuade KMail to use it? > > If you're using the latest trinity version of kmail, I think you must > copy your configuration from kde3 to trinity: > $ cp -afv ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail ~/.trinity/share/apps/ > $ cp -afv ~/.kde/share/config/kmail* ~/.trinity/share/config/ > > And you have to replace '$HOME/.kde' by '$HOME/.trinity' in > /home/lisi/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc: > $ sed 's|HOME/.kde|HOME/.trinity|g' -i ~/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc > > Alternatively, just copy the whole folder: > $ cp -av /home/lisi/.kde/* /home/lisi/.trinity/ > (but it's going to erase new settings in trinity and you'll have to change > some other files) > (Another solution is to use a symbolic link: > $ rm -rf ~/.trinity > $ ln -sv .kde ~/.trinity > In this case, you'll have nothing to change.) > > And if you fear mistakes (you should), don't forget backups: > $ cp -av /home/lisi/.kde /home/lisi/.kde.back > $ cp -av /home/lisi/.trinity /home/lisi/.trinity.back > > Good luck. I feel mortified at my own stupidity. I came back to the computer because I remembered that I hadn't said what I was running. My only excuse is that I find GMail as an email client a nightmare and find it difficult to reread my own mail before it goes. :-( I am running KDE 3.5.10 on Lenny. I initially tried to use Trinity 3.5.12 on Squeeze, but that is where my KMail first got messed up. And I now can't get back to my KDE settings either. I would at least like to get this working again, and then explore how I shall get Squeeze + Trinity going on the rebuild of my (sadly defunct) desktop. I am currently running on my testbed machine, which is not going to be long-term usable. Meanwhile, I have all my KMail folders, but cannot persuade KMail to use them. :-( I'm really sorry that I landed you two generous helpers with almost wasting your time. (Almost, because once I have rebuilt my desktop I shall use either Squeeze or Lenny - and in either case the then current Trinity. And I shall then want to know how to rescue my KMail!!) I bow my head in mortification :-( Lisi