Small query on distribution lists
Timothy Murphy
gayleard at eircom.net
Mon Jul 26 10:18:59 UTC 2010
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.
Perhaps I didn't express myself clearly.
I want to avoid a very long To: line
so I don't have to scroll past dozens of members' addresses
to read the message.
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