[ale] permissions mystery

[Michael Trausch]

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Jim Philips wrote:
>
> I reinstalled KDE tonight. Now, since I reinstalled Kmail fails at
> startup, claiming it doesn't have permissions to create $HOME/Mail.
> That directory already exists and it has the same permissions that
> worked earlier today. The only thing I can think is that it is
> actually trying to create the directory somewhere else. But I can't
> think of a way to check this. Any hints?
>

The first thing I would try is renaming the Mail directory to
something else - and see if it will create a new Mail directory.
Perhaps, for some reason, it's being brain-dead and refusing to work
with the old Mail directory that you have.

If renaming it works, then after you've finished starting it up the
first time (and before downloading any new messages) copy the
contents of the old Mail directory over.

	- Mike

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