[Kde-pim] distribution lists

[eddie]

On Thursday 23 Sep 2010 11:44:31 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 23 Sep 2010 10:59:07 eddie wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 Sep 2010 00:13:03 upscope wrote:
> > > On Saturday, September 18, 2010 05:51:56 am eddie wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > I would just like to ask what is the present state of distribution
> > > 
> > > lists>
> > > Did you ever get any answers to this?
> > 
> > No. As far as I can tell this is the first response. Pretty disappointing
> > actually. As I can't believe that I'm the only one wanting to use
> > distribution lists and for me it was quite important.
> > 
> > Before I joined the list I couldn't get it working. Googling I got the
> > impression that it was work in progress.  Hence my question.
> 
> Distribution lists didn't work at all when the new KAddressBook was first
> launched.  As a work-around it was possible to have a distribution list in
> your addressbook, display the names in the addressbook (in the right-hand
> panel) and copy/paste into the address field of a message.  Not good, but
> it worked.
> 
> About 3 months ago the developers got distribution lists working for 4.5,
> and soon after backported the fix for 4.4, but not all distros have
> included that backport.  I don't know the situation in OpenSUSE.
> 
> By the way, if you do use distribution lists, be careful about listing
> names Lastname(comma)Firstname - the commas confuse the system.
> 
> Anne

Thanks very much Anne.  I'll try and upgrade to 4.5 if not, I'll try and find 
the fix for this version.

Eddie

-- 
Delight thyself also in the Lord and He shall give thee the desires of thine 
heart.
Psalm. 37:4
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