Re: Current state of KDE-PIM

On 16/03/2011 12:51, Kevin Frost wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 Mar 2011, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> more specifically KMail and KAdressbook
>>
>> For starters I just want to confirm if it is me or the distro/KDE/PIM
>> version I use or if the problems are generally known.
>>
>> I use Kubuntu 10.10 upgraded to KDE SC4.6.1
>> Kontact reports container 4.49
>> KMail reports 1.13.5
>> KAdressBook reports 4.4.9
>
> As have I.
>> KMail: when retrieving pop mail actually fails you get no error message.
>> To confirm this I tried to retrieve from a closed account: no error
>> message whatsoever, it acts as if all is hunky dory and no mail to fetch
>
> This is one I didn't know about it, but now I think about it, I see the same
> when my mail server goes down.
>
>> KMail: copy text from an email that is not open (just viewed) and it
>> grabs htmlcode as well. Paste it in something else (editor, mail
>> whatever) and you get jibberish. Well code and text actually. Hit Reply
>> and then copy from the "open in editor"-mail and it works as expected
>
> Again, not something I have noticed and will watch out for it.
>
>> KMail/KAdressbook: Groups/Distribution lists have ceased functioning. I
>> can create one but try use it and nothing happens. I create a mail, I
>> send it and it goes into some black hole because it never reaches any
>> recipient and I do not get an error message
>
> My home-based mail server appends my domain name onto the end of the
> distribution list name and sends it back to me as the default bounce address.
> Whether this is the right way for the mail server to act (RFC wise), I don't
> know, but I'm glad it does!
>
"my bad" on one, the copy/paste: so long as you are in KMail it works... 
if I copy from preview pane to a new mail I am composing all works well. 
If I copy to another app it copies along formatting/html tags
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