Kmail in Kubuntu 20.04

[Daniel Wrana]

> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 6:54 AM Daniel Wrana <wrana at blauhaus.org> wrote:
> > Dear Kubuntu,
> > I wanted to move to Kubuntu 20.04, but then I saw in the Release Notes
> > that
> > Kmail and KDEPim are not installed by default any more. I use these
> > programs
> > since many years - dispite the problems with akonadi & co anybody knows.
> > Of course I can install them from the repos, but I wonder why Kubuntu is
> > "giving up" KDE PIM. And I wonder if I run into unsolved problems when I
> > install them. I cannot find any hints on that decision or the problems in
> > the
> > web. Could anyone please explain what stands behind and what to expect?
> > Kind Regards and many thanks for your work
> > Daniel
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the latest Kontact release hit too late this cycle to
> 
> include it, although Rik got it packaged and tested before release. He
> can't upload packages past the freezes though, unless some stringent
> requirements are met.
> 
> Because of the scheduled release date of PIM, your Kubuntu Council decided
> to go with Thunderbird this cycle, with great regret. We always prefer to
> include KDE software, however, our paramount duty to our users is to give
> them the *best* software possible. And in this case, the previous version
> of PIM simply was not the best.
> 
> Valorie

Dear Valorie,
thank for the information about Kmail/Kontact. Meanwhile I replaced the 19.10 
with the 20.04-edition and installed Kmail/Kontact from the Repos.
In my setup with 2 IMAP mails from a Dovecot/Postfix mail server and 1 IMAP 
from a university account with tons of mails it works great and better than 
ever (and KDEPIM didn't work very well over many years, but I used it 
anyways). 
If there will be an even better KDEPIM from Rik in the backports soon, I 
appreciate that. Thank you for your great work. Kubuntu 20.04 is a fabulous 
release.
Regards
Daniel