Kmail vs. Thunderbird

[Mark Greenwood]

On Sunday 11 Nov 2012 19:52:28 Valter Mura wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> so, again, the old, (in)famous issue.
> 
> System:
> - Kubuntu 64bit 12.10 updated
> - KDE 4.9.2
> 
> I made a *fresh* installation of Kubuntu in a "virgin" hard disk, setup the 
> entire Kmail with all my accounts (everything is kept to server, so I don't 
> have problems to lose something).
> 
> Nepomuk has made its work, indexing my folders and now is quiet.
> 
> The accounts are syncronized, Kmail is quiet. the "google-akonadi-contacs" 
> plugin is working, so I can see my contacts in the addressbook. But.
> 
> But, I cannot get working the address autocompletion when composing a message!
> 
> So, even if now my system is quite new and works well (as fast as I expected), 
> I'm seriously thinking of migrating to TB and have full-working system...
> 
> Please, give me suggestions for not take this irreversible decision.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ciao

Nepomuk must be enabled for address autocompletion to work. However if it isn't you do get a warning message when you compose mail in KMail.

Try opening KAddressbook and ensure there is a tick in the box next to your google contacts list. It works for me but I'm on 4.9.3.

Like you, I considered moving to Thunderbird as I have plenty of other issues with KMail but I tried it and it just didn't feel right :)

Mark