i've read about this... this is the first time i have experienced it. what do i do?

[s***@hybridelephant.com]

kontact 5.7.3, kubuntu 18.04

i've read about this happening on this list many times, but as it never
happened to me, i didn't pay attention to what to do to fix it.

i've been struck with the "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..."
problem: i start contact and, instead of seeing individual messages, i
see "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..." pretty much
regardless of what i do.

it seems to go away, sometimes: i can start it, sometimes, without that
message, but as soon as i move a message to a new location, or delete a
message, i get "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait...".

please help! 8/

[Shridhar Daithankar]

Post by s***@hybridelephant.com
kontact 5.7.3, kubuntu 18.04
i've read about this happening on this list many times, but as it never
happened to me, i didn't pay attention to what to do to fix it.
i've been struck with the "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..."
problem: i start contact and, instead of seeing individual messages, i
see "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..." pretty much
regardless of what i do.
it seems to go away, sometimes: i can start it, sometimes, without that
message, but as soon as i move a message to a new location, or delete a
message, i get "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait...".
please help! 8/

Try

$ akonadictl restart

HTH

[salamandir]

On Monday, 24 September 2018 19:08:28 PDT Shridhar Daithankar, an eminent

Post by Shridhar Daithankar
Try
$ akonadictl restart

that's it...

my understanding is that it's not a permanent fix, but will get things working
again, temporarily, correct?
--
namaste
salamandir
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Post by salamandir
On Monday, 24 September 2018 19:08:28 PDT Shridhar Daithankar, an eminent

Post by Shridhar Daithankar
Try
$ akonadictl restart

that's it...
my understanding is that it's not a permanent fix, but will get things
working again, temporarily, correct?

Till it occurs again :). So yes, it is a temporary fix.

A reboot or logout will have same effect. IME, it will work most of the times
but sometimes it gets stuck and needs a hand to rescue itself.

Remembering that akonadi is just a cache, I have dropped the databases at
times, to get it back on its feet :D

[Ianseeks]

Post by s***@hybridelephant.com
kontact 5.7.3, kubuntu 18.04
i've read about this happening on this list many times, but as it never
happened to me, i didn't pay attention to what to do to fix it.
i've been struck with the "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..."
problem: i start contact and, instead of seeing individual messages, i
see "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..." pretty much
regardless of what i do.
it seems to go away, sometimes: i can start it, sometimes, without that
message, but as soon as i move a message to a new location, or delete a
message, i get "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait...".
please help! 8/

Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions of kmail and related software. This was a problem a few years ago and it improved over time until now when its not a problem anymore. I'm not sure if its a mysql or akonadi problem but its not a kmail problem itself.

[salamandir]

On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 01:45:36 PDT Ianseeks, an eminent manifestation

Post by Ianseeks
Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions of
kmail and related software.

how do i upgrade an application that is not in my repositories?

for that matter, why is a deficient version of whatever software is causing
the problem part of the repository for the LTS version of the system?
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namaste
salamandir
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Post by salamandir
On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 01:45:36 PDT Ianseeks, an eminent manifestation

Post by Ianseeks
Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions of
kmail and related software.

how do i upgrade an application that is not in my repositories?

You'll have to chap to you distro support for that.

Post by salamandir
for that matter, why is a deficient version of whatever software is causing
the problem part of the repository for the LTS version of the system?

Speak to your distro team.

You can try this http://tinyurl.com/n6hl8fl - i used to use it now and again and it helped for a while

[salamandir]

On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 01:58:23 PDT Ianseeks, an eminent

Post by Ianseeks

Post by salamandir
for that matter, why is a deficient version of whatever software is causing
the problem part of the repository for the LTS version of the system?

Speak to your distro team.
You can try this http://tinyurl.com/n6hl8fl - i used to use it now and again
and it helped for a while

that's great... thanks a lot.
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namaste
salamandir
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Post by Ianseeks

Post by s***@hybridelephant.com
kontact 5.7.3, kubuntu 18.04
i've read about this happening on this list many times, but as it never
happened to me, i didn't pay attention to what to do to fix it.
i've been struck with the "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..."
problem: i start contact and, instead of seeing individual messages, i
see "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..." pretty much
regardless of what i do.
it seems to go away, sometimes: i can start it, sometimes, without that
message, but as soon as i move a message to a new location, or delete a
message, i get "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait...".
please help! 8/

Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions of
kmail and related software. This was a problem a few years ago and it
improved over time until now when its not a problem anymore. I'm not
sure if its a mysql or akonadi problem but its not a kmail problem
itself.

So? Don't you think 5.9.1 is new enough? I have to do this at least all 5 minutes - often more frequently when
reading mails.

[Ianseeks]

Post by Jörg Schaible

Post by Ianseeks

Post by s***@hybridelephant.com
kontact 5.7.3, kubuntu 18.04
i've read about this happening on this list many times, but as it never
happened to me, i didn't pay attention to what to do to fix it.
i've been struck with the "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..."
problem: i start contact and, instead of seeing individual messages, i
see "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait..." pretty much
regardless of what i do.
it seems to go away, sometimes: i can start it, sometimes, without that
message, but as soon as i move a message to a new location, or delete a
message, i get "Retrieving Folder Contents -- Please wait...".
please help! 8/

Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions of
kmail and related software. This was a problem a few years ago and it
improved over time until now when its not a problem anymore. I'm not
sure if its a mysql or akonadi problem but its not a kmail problem
itself.

So? Don't you think 5.9.1 is new enough? I have to do this at least all 5 minutes - often more frequently when
reading mails.

5.9.1. is the version i'm on but on this login i've moved from mysql to postgresql and i no longer have the problem. i have another login where i use the same version but using mysql and that no longer has the problem either.

[Jörg Schaible]

[snip]

Post by Ianseeks

Post by Jörg Schaible

Post by Ianseeks
Unfortunately you'll probably need to upgrade to the latest versions
of kmail and related software. This was a problem a few years ago
and it improved over time until now when its not a problem anymore.
I'm not sure if its a mysql or akonadi problem but its not a kmail
problem itself.

So? Don't you think 5.9.1 is new enough? I have to do this at least all
5 minutes - often more frequently when reading mails.

5.9.1. is the version i'm on but on this login i've moved from mysql to
postgresql and i no longer have the problem. i have another login where
i use the same version but using mysql and that no longer has the
problem either.

I have two machines with MySQL backend against an Courier IMAP server - both have these problems and
one machine with MariaDB backend against an Exchange server without these problems. However, the
accounts on Courier are quite large (~50.000 mails in private and shared folders), while the account on the
Exchange server has a lot less mails and no shared folders (not really true, but they are not accessible from
KMail).

- Jörg

[Ianseeks]

[snip]

Post by Jörg Schaible
I have two machines with MySQL backend against an Courier IMAP server - both have these problems and
one machine with MariaDB backend against an Exchange server without these problems. However, the
accounts on Courier are quite large (~50.000 mails in private and shared folders), while the account on the
Exchange server has a lot less mails and no shared folders (not really true, but they are not accessible from
KMail).
- Jörg

My only outstanding issues are duplicated emails on auto-filtering, remove duplicates doesn't always work and neither does "mark thread read".