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using an e-mail, select File > New Contact in the address component. Both methods
open a dialog in which to enter information about the contact.
In the General tab, enter basic contact information, such as name, e-mail addresses,
and telephone numbers. Categories can be used to sort addresses. Details contains more
specific information, such as birthday and spouse's name.
If your contact uses an instant messenger, you can add these identities in IM Addresses.
If you do this and have Kopete or another KDE chat program running at the same time
as Kontact, view status information about these identities in Kontact. In Crypto Settings,
enter the contact's encryption data, such as public key.
Misc has additional information, such as a photograph and the location of the user's
Free/Busy information. Use Custom Fields to add your own information to the contact
or address book.
Contacts can also be imported in a variety of formats. Use File > Import and select the
desired format. Then select the file to import.
5.3.2 Creating a Distribution List
If you frequently send e-mail messages to the same group of people, a distribution list
enables you to store multiple e-mail addresses as a single contact item so that you do
not need to enter each name individually in every e-mail you send to that group. To
create a distribution list, proceed as follows:
1 Click Settings > Show Extension Bar > Distribution List Editor. A new section
2 Click New List.
3 Enter a name for the list and click OK.
4 Add contacts to the list by dragging them from the address list and dropping them
5 Use this list like you would an individual contact when creating an e-mail.
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in the distribution list window.