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

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On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 03:31:57 AM Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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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> 
Hi Anne: Actually I tried the method your talking about way back. It 
creates a list and then saves it under kontacts fine. But when I added 
a new name to it under contact, all kmail sees is a blank card (for 
want of what its really called for the new entry) Contact show the 
entry correctly. 
-- 
Russ
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