I too am seeing the exactly same issue. I too use dimap (for MS Exchange) but don't think its a dimap issue because then kmail, when started standalone, should also have had this issue.
I noticed that (when I was using Debian) when using kontact 3.5.4, this issue was not seen. Am wondering why this bug is still "Unconfirmed". -- Kontact crashs at startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/67744 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs