[Kde-pim] Re: KMail - do distribution lists work ??

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 March 2011 11:18:28 Peter wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 March 2011 05:54:41 you wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 08, 2011 01:31:11 AM Peter wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 08 March 2011 18:44:48 you wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 08 March 2011 05:12:24 Peter wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Having problems with distribution lists in Kmail, and saw this
> > 
> > thread:
> > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1637111
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is this problem/bug fixed yet ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ubuntu 64 bit 10.04
> > > > > KMail 1.13.5
> > > > > KDE 4.4.5
> > > > 
> > > > I use Fedora, 32-bit, so there are differences.  However, I saw
> > 
> > that
> > 
> > > > behaviour a long time ago - maybe a year ago?  Certainly Groups
> > 
> > email does
> > 
> > > > work now - I used it last week.  The UI is less than assuring, as
> > 
> > it
> > 
> > > > doesn't expand the group on your composer window, but a test email
> > 
> > to a
> > 
> > > > group that contains all my email addresses proves that the
> > 
> > messages were
> > 
> > > > delivered as expected.
> > > 
> > > More testing, and when I add a new group using Kontact, I can see
> > 
> > all the
> > 
> > > newly added contacts with email addresses for 5 seconds, then they
> > 
> > disappear.
> > 
> > > Any debug logs or similar I can look at ?
> > > 
> > > See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdepim/+bug/580242
> > > 
> > > They say it is a KDE bug, not Ubunbtu.
> > > 
> > > Peter
> > > 
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> > 
> > I have a simular problem on openSUSE 11.3 and 11.4. I can create the
> > group in Contacts, and Kmail 1.13.6 displays the group, and sets it in
> > the TO: field. But it adds my local system domain name and when I send
> > it it bounces. It apparently does not expand all the other address and
> > it should not ad the domain name
> 
> That is EXACTLY what happens for me.
> 
> > This was a bug in an earlier version
> > and was fixed, broke again with 4.6. There is a bug on KDE but I
> > cannot find it with search.
> 
> I see the problem back as far as 2008, maybe even earlier. It appears to
> rear its head all the time, and become broken in new releases. Is this the
> bug ?
> 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265867
> 
I don't know - but reading that bug report made me think of another line of 
investigation.  KMail still allows you to create a distribution list from 
addresses in a message.  OTOH, KAddressBook allows you to create a group, then 
select existing addresses to add to the group.  Which method do you use?

My group (which works) was created in KAddressBook.  It's possible that the 
old-style distribution list creation is the problem.

I will warn you, though, that from time to time my KAddressBook loses one or 
more addresses from a group.  I always check to see that all are on the list 
(in Contacts) before using the Group as an address.  I assume that this is a 
bug, but since I use a stable version, not 4.6 Kontact (which is not released 
by KDE as stable) it's not relevant to report the bug - it could well be fixed 
by now.

Anne
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