KDE 4.8.1 showstopper - for me at least

[O. Sinclair]

On 25/03/12 08:11, Basil Chupin wrote:
> 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
>
>
Kontact is a kind of Outlook - it merges KMail, KAdressbook, Akregator, 
Calendar and a few others (configurable).