Re: On going struggle to import KMail distribution list from KDE 3.5 or create new one (now using KDE 4.6)

On Thursday, August 11, 2011 Gil Weber wrote: 
> On Thursday, August 11, 2011 02:48:12 PM Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 10, 2011 upscope wrote:
> > > This is a problem I've encounter in the Akonadi environment since
> > > it was first used by kmail. They was I create a group is In
> > > Contacts. First I imported all my contact from the old kmail, then
> > > created a group as as described above. When I display the group
> > > all names an contacts exit but going to kmail 1.13.7 Al I get is
> > > the group name and blank cards. Once in a while a group will show
> > > up but if I added a contact to the group it is a blank card under
> > > kmail.
> > 
> > FWIW, I have just checked the test list that I set up yesterday using
> > the instructions in this thread.  The addresses are still there.
> > 
> > I have talked to some of the devs this week and it is clear that not
> > only do the problems not happen on their systems, but they are
> > totally unable to discover why some people have these problems.  One
> > possible explanation is the /home directories are sometimes re-used
> > over a very long period of time, and something in an old config file
> > could be interfering, but they are not convinced that that is the
> > reason.  There just doesn't seem to be any sort of a pattern.
> > 
> > Some people have no problems.
> > Some people have one problem
> > Some people have a different one
> > and no clue emerges
> > 
> > Anne
> 
> Well, for what it's worth. My SuSE 11.4 installation was clean, NOT an
> upgrade, and done from a purchased SuSE DVD.
> 
> I would assume that means my home directory was not re-used (except as
> it applies to KMail for migrating my kmail and kabc folders from a SuSE
> 11.1 (KDE3.5) backup).
> 
I'm not really surprised, and neither would they be.  As I said, no pattern is 
emergind, and it's really frustrating.

Anne

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