Re: Can't save distribution list (4.4)

Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Friday 19 February 2010 17:59:17 Neal Becker wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>> > On Friday 19 February 2010 12:14:23 Neal Becker wrote:
>> >> conversion to 4.4 seems to have destroyed my distribution lists.
>> >> So, in kmail, I compose a new messages, entered a list of addresses.
>> >> Then
>> >> 'Save distribution list'.  When I hit 'save list' I get a box 'Select
>> >> the address book folder to store the contact group in'.  It's blank. 
>> >> I can't do anything.
>> >> 
>> >> kaddressbook shows these address books:
>> >> 
>> >> Default Address Book
>> >> device-0.vcf
>> >> std.vcf
>> >> std.vcf
>> > 
>> > Unfortunately, there seems to be a mix of two incompatible technologies
>> > here.
>> > We need some more information, though.  First question - it doesn't
>> > look as
>> > though you have an akonadi-managed addressbook there.  Is that so?
>> > 
>> > Does KAddressBook list your data if you run it stand-alone?
>> > 
>> > Anne
>> 
>> I can see my contact data, although it seems that each item is repeated 2
>> times.
>> 
> Not surprising, since you have two std.vcf entries.  You still haven't
> said
> whether either of those are set up as akonadi-managed resources.  What do
> you see in ~/.local/share/contacts/?

I see lots of .vcf files.  Each one appears to be a vcard.
I haven't said if any are akonadi-managed resources because I don't know how 
to tell.

> 
>> My old dist lists are garbage, though.
>> 
> They are not garbage - they are lists of record identifiers.  However they
> cannot be used as they are.  Please do read other replies on similar
> subjects
> as well as the userbase pages.  This has been said so many times.
> 
> Anne
Yes, I meant that it is 'effectively garbage'.