Re: Re: [Evolution] Contact Lists

[<karllinuxtest relton ntlworld com>]

Ah yes bugzilla entry 20108 captures it nicely already.

My apologies - bugzilla was the one place I did not
look before posting.

Karl

> From: Not Zed <notzed ximian com>
> Date: 2005/01/28 Fri AM 02:43:02 GMT
> To: karllinuxtest relton ntlworld com
> CC: evolution lists ximian com
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Contact Lists
>
>
> I'm pretty sure there is a bug filed about this in bugzilla.ximian.com,
> although you could check there and maybe file one if there isn't.
>
> On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 14:27 +0000, karllinuxtest relton ntlworld com
> wrote:
>
> > When using Evolution Contact Lists to create lists of other
> > contacts, it appears to me that the contact list is storing the target address of each contact rather 
> > than storing a link to the contact itself.
> >
> > This seems evident when I change the email address of a contact that is a member of a list - the contact 
> > list still uses the old email address instead of a new one.
> >
> > In other words, I guess the contact list is not behaving as an alias of aliases, but instead just as an 
> > alias of several addresses.
> >
> >
> > I would have guessed that others have asked/complained about this functionality before - I'm fairly new 
> > to Evolution and couldn't find much debate on the subject with some Googling.
> >
> > Karl
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I'm pretty sure there is a bug filed about this in bugzilla.ximian.com, although you could check there and maybe file one if there isn't.

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 14:27 +0000, karllinuxtest relton ntlworld com wrote:
> When using Evolution Contact Lists to create lists of other
> contacts, it appears to me that the contact list is storing the target address of each contact rather than storing a link to the contact itself.
>
> This seems evident when I change the email address of a contact that is a member of a list - the contact list still uses the old email address instead of a new one.
>
> In other words, I guess the contact list is not behaving as an alias of aliases, but instead just as an alias of several addresses.
>
>
> I would have guessed that others have asked/complained about this functionality before - I'm fairly new to Evolution and couldn't find much debate on the subject with some Googling.
>
> Karl
>
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