Re: distribution lists in KMail Address Book

On Tuesday 11 August 2009 01:57:52 pm Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Friday 07 August 2009, Louis Hinman wrote:
> > On Thursday 06 August 2009 05:57:49 pm Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > > Hmm. KDE 3.5 included KMail 1.9.
> >
> > Oops, I was reading the the version number from the KMail Manual.
> > You are coorect.  Slackware 12.2 (12/09/2008) has KDE 3.5.10, which
> > includes KMail 1.9.10.
> >
> > > > > When you say "Address Book" do you mean "Address Book Browser -
> > > > > KAddressBook" (it can be started via the Tools menu in KMail)?
> > > >
> > > > Yes.
> > > >
> > > > > If you are using KAddressBook then please check whether
> > > > > the "Distribution Lists" pane is shown. If it is not shown,
> > > > > then you can make it visible via the View menu.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, the "Distribution Lists" pane is displayed.
> > >
> > > Does the option in the View menu read "Distribution List Editor
> > > NG"?
> >
> > Yes.  It reads "Distribution List Editor NG"
> >
> > > I cannot reproduce your problem. Can you please give a detailed
> > > description how to reproduce it?
> >
> > I created a Distribution List with the name "Dymond Road".
> >
> > Using the "+" button next to "Distribution Lists" I got the "Edit
> > Distribution List - KAddressBook" dialogue with Name: "New
> > Distribution List".  I changed "New Distribution List to "Dymond
> > Road".  Then I used the "Distribution list members" dialogue to add
> > list members from the addressbook.  After I added a few members, I
> > click "OK" and I see the new distribution list and the members that I
> > just added to it.  Everything looks fine.  However, when I close the
> > Address Book, and reopen it, the disbribution list "Dymond Road" and
> > all the members of the list have disappeared without a trace.
>
> I could reproduce this behavior. This does indeed seem to be a bug.
>
> At first, I couldn't reproduce the problem because I created the
> distribution list differently. I did the following:
> Using the "+" button next to "Distribution Lists" I got the "Edit
> Distribution List - KAddressBook" dialogue with Name: "New Distribution
> List".  I changed "New Distribution List to "Dymond Road".  Then I
> clicked "OK". After that I selected a few contacts and added them via
> drag&drop to the new distribution list. A distribution list that is
> filled this way with contacts appears to survive closing and reopening
> of the Address Book.
>
> I hope this approach also works for you.
>
Yes, that works.  Thanks, Ingo.

Best Regards,
Lou
NYC