This should go into the KDE forums, I know, but as intelligent of a human as I am, I am unable to figure out how to post a question there. So knowing the Debianistas are incredibly resourceful, I thought I'd ask here.
I've just set up a test box, running Debian 12, fairly minimal install, with only KDE Plasma and a few other pieces added in. I wanted to give KMail a spin (it never has worked well for me because of my GMail accounts authenticating through SSO stuff, which I've never been able to figure out), and to start off with I figured I'd limit it to just one non-GMail account, a Yahoo!Mail account I have. (The Yahoo!Mail account works fine with Thunderbird (which I added to test the account, after not getting it to work with KMail.)) So I created a new Debian user (so there'd be no cruft that might get in the way) and logged out of KDE/Debian as my usual user and logged in as my new user (via sddm login screen). I then fired up KMail, and the account-creation wizard began. I filled in my Yahoo!Mail account info, and when I got near the end, it popped up a window wanting a GMail account to which Akonadi needed permission. I don't *really* understand how Akonadi fits into Kmail/Yahoo, but, meh; my real question is: Does anyone here know if KMail *requires* a Gmail account to access a non-Gmail email account (and if so, that seems really stupid)? If not, how do I get around this failing new-account wizard issue? Thanks! -- Kent West <")))>< IT Support / Client Support Abilene Christian University Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
