Kmail blank emails - headers show up just fine

I am using kde gaming editiion.

kmail2 5.16.3 (20.12.3)
kontact 5.16.3 (20.12.3)

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System:    Kernel: 5.11.4-133-tkg-pds x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
           parameters: intel_pstate=passive BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-tkg-pds-skylake
           root=UUID=ba970d41-abd5-4b70-8cf8-29991a5c0da5 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
           intel_iommu=on splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
           systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.2 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
           Distro: Garuda Linux
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GL65 9SE v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-16U5 v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends
           v: E16U5IMS.101 date: 07/02/2019
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 27.2 Wh condition: 44.2/51.6 Wh (86%) volts: 11.1/10.9
           model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Unknown
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
           note: check family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: DE
           L2 cache: 12 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62469
           Speed: 4073 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4073 2: 4060 3: 4038
           4: 4086 5: 4086 6: 4050 7: 4089 8: 4069 9: 4102 10: 4082 11: 4041 12: 4099
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
           Type: spec_store_bypass
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b class ID: 0300
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
           driver: nvidia v: 460.56 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0
           chip ID: 10de:1f11 class ID: 0300
           Device-3: Chicony HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-13:5
           chip ID: 04f2:b695 class ID: 0e02
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
           loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa display ID: :0
           screens: 1
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 142 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6")
           diag: 394mm (15.5")
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4
           direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
           v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348
           class ID: 0403
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.4-133-tkg-pds
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
           port: 5000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:a370 class ID: 0280
           IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
           vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel modules: r8168 port: 3000
           bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb
           v: 0.8 bus ID: 1-14:6 chip ID: 8087:0aaa class ID: e001
           Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 268.79 GiB (19.1%)
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
           model: PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1032 size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B
           logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 20140000
           temp: 49.9 C scheme: GPT
           ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-60JC3T0
           size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
           rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%) used: 64.04 GiB (87.4%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 296 MiB (98.67%) used: 26.3 MiB (8.9%)
           fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
           ID-3: /home raw size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%) used: 64.04 GiB (87.4%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
           ID-4: /var/log raw size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%) used: 64.04 GiB (87.4%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
           ID-5: /var/tmp raw size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%) used: 64.04 GiB (87.4%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache pressure: 75 (default 100)
           ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram0
           ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram1
           ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram2
           ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram3
           ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram4
           ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram5
           ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram6
           ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram7
           ID-9: swap-9 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram8
           ID-10: swap-10 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram9
           ID-11: swap-11 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram10
           ID-12: swap-12 type: zram size: 1.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767
           dev: /dev/zram11
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 74.0 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 431 Uptime: 1h 28m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.47 GiB used: 6.56 GiB (42.4%)
           Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1811
           lib: 529 Shell: fish v: 3.1.2 running in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.01

All the articles I found on the web were about 10 years old. Anything newer had the same problem by no answer. Some were related to a version of QT. When I open kmail it will get new gmail messages and show the headers, but the email itself are blank.

I would assume this is around the last time anyone used KMail and Kontact. They are just not good programs, in my opinion.

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You’d better search and contribute to kmail bug tracker.

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