Bug 6903

Summary:	KMail Won't Send, won't decrypt
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David McNab <david>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	1.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description David McNab 2002-08-22 18:15:54 UTC

When trying to send mail from K-Mail 1.4.2 over KDE 3.0.2, running within Gnome2
desktop, I get the message:

"Please set the required fields in the identity settings:
user-name and email-address"

I have double-checked the identity settings - user-name and email-address are
DEFINITELY SET to correct values.

Also, when receiving a Gnu-PG encrypted email, Kmail doesn't automatically
prompt for the PHP passphrase and decrypt. It acts as if the mail is encrypted
with an unknown public key (which I have verified is NOT true). Instead, it
displays the message as blank, with 2 attachments:

A 'padlock' icon, called 'Attachment 0'.

An 'unknown document type' icon, called 'encrypted.asc'.

Yes - I HAVE linked in the GnuPG key (in the identity settings, 'advanced' tab).

The Evolution email client works fine with the same settings, and using the same
GnuPG keys. I was looking to switch to Kmail, because Evolution is so slow.

But Kmail is a total non-event for me.

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-26 09:41:51 UTC

sylpheed-claws. try it

Comment 2 Hannes Mehnert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-30 18:06:02 UTC

The gpg thing is bad, KMail does not support S/MIME attachments (defined in 
rfc 2633), take a look at http://www.gnupg.org/aegypten/ 
Is your user-name and email-address defined correctly in 
~/.kde3/share/config/kmailrc ?

Comment 3 Hannes Mehnert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-01 18:10:44 UTC

please give more information on this bug, is the email-address correct in 
~/.kde3/share/config/kmailrc ?

Comment 4 Hannes Mehnert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-11-04 08:28:17 UTC

please respond

Comment 5 Dan Armak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-11-23 14:46:07 UTC

Maybe he took the suggestion to use sylpheed-claws and hasn't looked back since :-) 
 
David, please respond! Try kde 3.1 (prereleases, or the real thing soon)?

Comment 6 David McNab 2002-11-23 20:02:14 UTC

You might want to close this bug if no-one else is seeing similar. I've since
switched back to Debian, where all software is working fine. The problem could
have been one of a thousand different things. Could prove impossible to
reproduce, given the constant evolution of Gentoo.
Cheers
David

Comment 7 Dan Armak (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-11-30 23:38:42 UTC

OK. Hope you come back to us someday :-)