Distribution list for KMail/Kontact

[Timothy Murphy]

Anne Wilson 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.

Thanks very much for your response.

I probably did not explain my setup clearly.
I collect email on my desktop from 3 public mail servers (such as gmail).
I run dovecot on the desktop,
which allows me to read the email (with kmail) on my laptop.

So I suppose I am running a mail server in some sense on my desktop.
But I don't accept email on the desktop from outside my system,
which is what I would normally think of as characterising a mail server.

>> 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.

I'm not sure how one tells if KAddressBook is "akonadi-controlled".
In any case, File=>New=>New Group in KAddressBook is greyed out.
(I don't see Add a Group as an option anywhere.)

I notice I don't have the KAddressBook handbook or manual on my system,
though I have yum-installed both kdepim and kdepim-devel .
(As I mentioned, my version of kdepim is 4.4.4-1 .)


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