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Subject: Re: [kdepim-users] Are akonadi distribution lists broken?
From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-02-24 13:17:13
Message-ID: hm38sp$7la$1 () dough ! gmane ! org
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Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2010 12:38:05 Neal Becker wrote:
>> In kaddressbook I have 'Personal Contacts' and in there I have a dist
>> list
>> 'adg'. In settings/advanced/kde resources I have for contacts akonadi-
>> resource enabled and set as standard.
>>
>> In kmail I send message, then for recipient hit 'select' (I shouldn't
>> need to do this - it used to work to just enter the dist list name!), and
>> in 'select recipient' under address books I see 'distribution lists' (I
>> shouldn't need to do this either IMO) I see my list 'adg' with '10
>> addresses'. Double click that, and 'adg' is entered as recipient in
>> kmail.
>>
>> Then send the message and guess what? The distribution list was not
>> expanded and I get back the bounce (adg@gmail.com)
>>
> Neal, as I have explained many times over the past week, Distribution
> Lists
> are to be replaced by Groups. The migration tool for this was not
> completed
> in time for 4.4 release. The information is not lost - as you can see if
> you examine the vcf for your distlist, but you can't use the list in its
> present
> form. You can create a group, then type the first few letters of a name
> you
> want to add and you'll be offered a completion list. Even then, only the
> simplest functionality is available at the moment. Opening the record for
> the group displays all its members and you can copy and paste then into a
> mail. It's not ideal, but it's a work-around until we get the next stage.
>
> Anne
Thanks, but this time, I have totally cleaned up my old contacts. I removed
the old dist lists. This time, adg IS a group I created in kaddressbook
using 'new group'. I now have in kaddressbook only 'personal contacts' as
address book (removed the old std.vcf stuff). So, what could be wrong?
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