Distribution list for KMail/Kontact

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 13 July 2010 14:35:14 Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I'd like to create (and use) a Distribution List.
> 
> My setup is slightly complicated, though not I think unusual.
> I'm actually running IMAP to access email on my server
> from my laptop.
> I am running Fedora-13 on my laptop, with kdepim-4.4.4,
> but am running CentOS-5.5 on my server, with kdepim-3.5.4.
> 
I have a very similar setup.  However I use IMAP only for mail access - not to 
serve addresses and calendar.  If you are serving them, your experience will 
be different to mine.

> I see that in KMail on my laptop,
> Folder=>Mailing List Management is greyed-out.

Strange - it isn't here.

> At the same time, Message=>New Message to Mailing-list
> is not greyed-out, though clicking on it just seems to bring up
> the standard New Message window.
> 
> Is there actually any way of setting up a distribution list
> within this setup?
> 
Assuming that your addressbook is akonadi-controlled, simply Add a Group.  You 
can only add addresses that are already in your addressbook, but if you start 
to type a name you should get a dropdown list of autocompleting addresses.  
Select from that list to add them.

> If not, could I run mailman or a similar distribution list program
> on my server, given that I am not running a mail server?
> 
> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

Now you've confused me.  Are you not running a mail server on your server?  I 
run dovecot on mine.  However, this doesn't really matter, since the 
distribution list (in the old sense) is purely an addressbook function, now 
named Groups.

If you need any more details on the Groups function, just ask, though there 
isn't much more to be said.

Anne
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