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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] KMail: Expanding Distribution Lists
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-09-20 21:27:50
Message-ID: 200609202327.53044 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Sunday 17 September 2006 21:46, Adrien Guillon wrote:
>    Hello All,
>
>    I have been asked to adjust the behaviour of kmail so that
> distribution lists are expanded when added to the recipients list
> (see
> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74733).
>
>    The way I envision doing this, is to iterate over all recipients
> in the distribution list, ensuring that there are no duplicate
> addressees with the same send type (e.g. there can be the same
> recipient in CC and To, but not the same in To).  The contents of the
> list will then be added to the recipients list, with the appropriate
> send type marked (e.g. expand as To if the list was originally added
> as To... expand as CC if the list was added as CC).
>
>    Are there any feature suggestions or objections?  The relevant
> source code seems to be in recipientspicker.cpp and
> recipientseditor.cpp (I am still examining the code, so perhaps this
> is not correct).

There are pros and cons for both approaches:
- If the list is expanded immediately then the users can remove selected 
recipients (e.g. when discussing a birthday present for one of the 
members of the list :-) )
- OTOH, if the list is expanded immediately then changes in the list are 
not applied to drafts or currently composed messages.

A suit-all solution would be adding the possibility to the composer to 
expand a list on demand, e.g. via an entry in the context menu. 
Alternatively, a "hidden" configuration option could be added in KDE 
3.5 which defaults to "deferred expansion". I personally like the first 
solution better, but for KDE 3.5 the second solution would also be 
acceptable.

Regards,
Ingo

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