Small query on distribution lists

[Giuliano Colla]

Timothy Murphy ha scritto:
> Giuliano Colla wrote:
> 
>>> But I suppose KAddressBook could similarly have a facility
>>> to ask KMail to send items to each member of a distribution list?
>>>
>> It could, if it had been designed to behave as a list manager, but it
>> hasn't. It is Kmail which asks addresses to KAddressBook, not
>> KAddressBook which tells KMail what to do.
> 
> But I don't imagine it would be very difficult 
> to add that facility to KMail.
> As you say, KMail asks KAddressBook for an address or addresses.
> Surely it would be almost trivial if several addresses are given,
> as by a distribution list,
> to ask if they should be sent separately or in one email.
> 

Maybe it's not that difficult. But, as you may obtain the same effect 
just by putting the list name in the Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) line (as 
opposed to the To line), even the small effort required could not be 
worth the pain.


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Giuliano Colla

Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong (O. Wilde)