KDE 4.8.1 showstopper - for me at least

[Basil Chupin]

On 24/03/12 01:47, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 23/03/12 12:29, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 23/03/12 20:58, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>> On 23/03/12 11:51, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:39, Myriam
>>>> Schweingruber<myriam at kubuntu.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:27, O. Sinclair<o.sinclair at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> well well, on forums.kde.org a developer claims that this was
>>>>>> deliberately
>>>>>> removed to "complete transfer to Akonadi" but is back in "trunk".
>>>>>> But will
>>>>>> not be back in main code until 4.9...
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you please provide a link to that forum thread? I can't find a
>>>>> post stating it was deliberately removed so far.
>>>>
>>>> Nevermind, found it: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=215&t=100742
>>>>
>>>> /me wonders how they can ship that and then be astonished end-users
>>>> complain...
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Myriam
>>>>
>>> You are not the only one Myriam...
>>> http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=215&t=100742
>>>
>>> disabled - not removed. But effect for us users is the same
>>
>> As it is with all Linux distros, there are other options available.
>>
>> Unless you have a VERY particular reason to use kmail - which, in this
>> case, is not working for you anyway - then why not use Thunderbird?
>> Latest version out is v11.0.
>>
>> "Why keep doing it if it hurts?"
>>
> I find TB to be much less versatile (when KMail/Kontact works that is) 
> so I prefer KMail/Kontact. I will simply stay on the current version 
> (in my case 4.7.4) until this is fixed. What baffles me is how a 
> version with this function (that I consider basic) disabled was released.

As I mentioned, I have never used kmail and do not know what this 
"Kontact" you mention does. But doing a search in the TB Addos on the 
word "kontact" produces SyncKolab.

BC


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