Thanks again, all of you.

2011/11/16 Philippe Bourdeu d'Aguerre <bda@...>:
> Le mercredi 16 novembre 2011, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
>> I have now successfully copied an intact copy of the Mail folder
>> ~/Mail) from a backup to my present setup.  I have checked, and my
>> folders and emails at least are there.
>>
>> But KMail won't use them/doesn't see them.
>>
> In file ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc under [General] put a line with:
>
> folders=/home/lisi/Mail

The file already has:
folders[$e]=$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail

I tried to add
folders=/home/lisi/Mail
instead of, after and before it.

To no avail.

I also tried to open KMail at the command line.

I failed, so I thought, and went on with other things.

Then KMail suddenly opened up, with all my folders and email, but no settings.

I started to put the various settings in, and to recreate my filters.
And then to sort out the mail, a large amount of which had landed
unsorted in the inbox.

I put my computer on this morning and opened KMail.  The settings I
put in yesterday evening are all there, as are the filters I set up
yesterday.  I have looked at the ~/Mail directory.  The emails that I
downloaded last night are there, as are the rest.

Why has KMail gone back to not using the ~/Mail?  And, more
importantly, how do I get KMail to use it?!

Thanks,
Lisi