[Bug 210942] New: Should knode be merged into kmail

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210942

           Summary: Should knode be merged into kmail
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: rrs at researchut.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

While knode is still one of the best news clients, it now has started showing
its age especially when compared to other KDE applications.

Since kmail is going to be ported to akonadi now, I think this should be the
right timing to make this wishlist.

Keeping knode separate from kmail has banished it from having many of the
enhancements that it could have had automatically.
And there is no bad reason for that. kmail is a much more widely used
application compared to knode. But still, IMO they could co-exist and leverage
the enhancements together.

For example: kmail received the latest new Fancy mail threading (which by the
way is awesome). This feature could have been used by knode too, only if there
were common.

Also by separating them, we make users to remember 2 interfaces.
Take this bug report as example.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206610


Can we have a NNTP account type in kmail ?
Perhaps, we could just add that and see the change. Eventually, if users
completely switch to the NNTP resource in kmail, knode could just be retired.

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