[kdepim-users] create new event from e-mail

[Andreas Petzold]

Quoting Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach at wp.pl>:

> Dnia Tuesday 12 of February 2008, Alexander Barcza napisał:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I often get e-mails that inform me about some event taking place in the
>> future. Is there a way to directly create a new event from an e-mail
>> like there is to create a new to-do?
>>
>> I know I could just copy and past the e-mail text to a new calendar
>> entry but it would be so much more useful to just right-click and create
>> a new event (maybe even filter date and time out of the text).
>
> In latest Kontact 3.5.9 is new icon in KMail toolbar: "Create task".
>
> When clicking it, it will create  new task with:
>
> - Subject of mail as title of task
> - Headers of mail as summary of task
> - Complete mail as attachment to task
>

AFAIK, a task is just a "To-Do". IMHO, the UI is inconsistent here.  
However, dragging an email to the calendar icon in kontact, will open  
a dialog where you can create a new calendar entry. Of course  
drag-and-drop also works for "To-Do".

Cheers,

Andreas

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