Well, I tried Kontact for the first time a couple hours ago. I figured it would not be that different from MS Outlook (not that I am a fan of Outlook). I was was not exactly impressed. I was able to get it to connect to my gmail account, for example (it told me that a connection was established), but it did not the headers for my email messages. It did not, in fact, create any of the initial folders that the Getting started chapter of the manual says it should. Similarly, I was able to get it to (appear to) connect to my gmail calendar, but I see no evidence of the calendar entries in it. I then adjusted a couple minor settings (just changing the values of a couple checkboxes), and now Kntact will not start at all. This is on OpenSuse 12.3, and the Kontact manual refers to KDE 4.7. What I really wanted to get to is to somehow get my Blackberry Z10 to synchronize it's calendar with that on this Linux box (over WiFi - which is supported by my router), so that if I make an appointment while I am out and about, I will never be 'double booked', and will always have sufficient time for transit between appointments. I have not succeeded in getting my Blackberry to use my google calendar directly, but my hope is I can get the blackberry to interact properly with Kontact (or other, better, PIM), and that is the main reason why I investigated Kontact to begin with (my other interest is in investigating how to digital signing and encryption into my email). Otherwise, I'd just use Firefox just like I do on all my other machines. So, I guess the first question is, is Kontact production ready (or was I just unlucky the first time)? Or is there a better PIM? And the second would be, is it possible to have Kontact (or alternative PIM if that is the way to go) syncronize the calendar with that on my stupid phone (I won't call it a smart phone until it shows smart behaviour ;-). Understand, I am not looking for anything fancy: just reliable functionality. I just want to be able to get it all set up and just use it. I do not need to worry about managing the schedules of different members of a group, or anything that sophisticated. I just want to be able to read my email on this machine, and to manage my gmail calendar using it, and use it to syncronize my Blackberry's calendar with the gmail calendar (my searching the web indicates that gmail and the Blackberry calendar don't seem to like each other; though if anyone has current information to the contrary, I'd love to read about it). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Ted -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org