KDE Mailing Lists

KDE has several mailing lists¹ up. You may subscribe and unsubscribe to many of these lists and some others by going to the mailman interface. Older articles can be found in the mailing list archive.

Lists may also be read on-line at the news server and are also available (read only) via news reader at news.uslinuxtraining.com. Anonymous IMAP is available at the same server. Set login to 'anonymous, password 'you@email.address', folder to '#news' and server to 'news.uslinuxtraining.com'.

There are a great number of people that volunteer their time and effort in providing technical support and other assistance on these lists. It is therefore important that any questions asked or problems presented are done so in an intelligent and considered manner. If you are new to mailing lists then we suggest you read this document on how to ask smart questions before posting your e-mail.

General user lists

• kde-announce - announcements of new KDE releases, security announcements, and notification of new KDE applications (very low traffic)
  (subscribe kde-announce, archive of kde-announce)
• kde - for KDE users with questions strictly about KDE
  (subscribe kde, archive of kde)
• kde-linux - for KDE/Linux users with questions about KDE and/or Linux
  (subscribe kde-linux, archive of kde-linux)
• kde-solaris - for KDE users with questions about running KDE on Sun Solaris
  (subscribe kde-solaris, archive of kde-solaris)
• kde-nonlinux - for KDE users with questions about running KDE on non-Linux systems like *BSD, AIX, Tru64 and others
  (subscribe kde-nonlinux, archive of kde-nonlinux)
• kdepim-users - for users of the KDE PIM applications (Kontact, KAddressBook, KMail, KOrganizer, KNode, ...)
  (subscribe kdepim-users)

General development lists

• kde-devel - for application developers (both applications in central KDE packages and contributed applications
  (subscribe kde-devel, archive of kde-devel)
• kde-core-devel - for developers. The discussions on this list are limited at KDE libraries development, CVS and other central development issues.
  This request is for read only, to have write access you must email the mailing list maintainer. Please tell him on which part of the project you are intending to work on.
  (subscribe kde-core-devel, archive of kde-core-devel)
• kde-quality - for all KDE contributors, being programmers, enthusiasts, testers, writers, etc. who care for KDE. The discussion should focus on the identification and implementation of means to improve the general quality level of KDE applications, new contributors support, and development tasks suggestions.
  (subscribe kde-quality, archive of kde-quality)
• kde-cvs - This very high traffic mailinglist carries automatic notifications for all changes made to KDE's source code repository.
  If you are only interested in following specific areas of development you may prefer to use CVSfilter instead.
  (subscribe kde-cvs, archive of kde-cvs)

Dedicated lists

• kde-accessibility - for information and discussion about KDE accessibility
  (kde-accessibility, archive of kde-accessibility)
• kde-artists - creating icons and other artwork
  (subscribe kde-artists, archive of kde-artists)
• kde-bindings - for people interested about the KDE bindings (with DCOP)
  (subscribe kde-bindings, archive of kde-kdebindings)
• kde-docbook - for people using Docbook to write KDE documentation
  (subscribe kde-docbook, archive of kde-docbook)
• kde-edu - for people interested in (making) educational KDE software.
  (subscribe kde-edu, archive of kde-edu)
• kde-enterprise - for people interested in the use of KDE in the Enterprise
  (subscribe kde-enterprise, archive of kde-enterprise)
• kde-extra-gear - for discussions about the kde-extra-gear CVS module
  (subscribe kde-extra-gear, archive of kde-extra-gear)
• kde-games-devel - for games developers that choose KDE as their development framework
  (subscribe kde-games-devel, archive of kde-games-devel)
• kde-i18n-doc - the KDE translators' mailing list
  (subscribe kde-i18n-doc, archive of kde-i18n-doc)
• kde-kiosk - for system administrators and people interested in locking down KDE
  (subscribe kde-kiosk, archive of kde-kiosk)
• kde-licensing - discussion of licensing issues
  (subscribe kde-licensing, archive of kde-licensing)
• kde-look - discussing "look'n'feel issues"
  (subscribe kde-look, archive of kde-look)
• kde-multimedia - for discussion of multimedia (sound/video) issues under KDE
  (subscribe kde-multimedia, archive of kde-multimedia)
• kde-optimize - list for people working on optimizing KDE
  (subscribe kde-optimize, archive of kde-optimize)
• kde-pim - for developers of personalinformation managers: mail clients, calendars, organizers
  (subscribe kde-pim, archive of kde-pim)
• kde-promo - for individuals interested in actively promoting KDE
  (subscribe kde-promo, archive of kde-promo)
• kde-usability - for discussion and fixing of usability problems in KDE through the KDE Usability Project
  (subscribe kde-usabililty, archive of kde-usability)
• kde-women - forum for women interesting in KDE contribution, development and usage
  (subscribe kde-women, archive of kde-women)
• kde-www - for discussion about the KDE Web sites. This is the mailing list receiving the emails sent to webmaster@kde.org
  (subscribe kde-www, archive of kde-www)
• kwireless - KWireless, a project to provide testing and configuration of wireless networking equipment under KDE
  (subscribe kwireless, archive of kwireless)

Application lists

• atlantik-artists - for artists interested in Atlantik, KDE's board game
  (subscribe atlantik-artists, archive of atlantik-artists)
• atlantik-devel - for developers interested in Atlantik, KDE's board game
  (subscribe atlantik-devel, archive of atlantik-devel)
• kfm-devel - for developers who are interested in issues related to KDE's file manager and web browser (now known as Konqueror)
  (subscribe kfm-devel, archive of kfm-devel)
• kmail-devel - for KMail developers
  (subscribe kmail-devel, archive of kmail-devel)
• koffice - for users interested in KOffice
  (subscribe koffice, archive of koffice)
• koffice-devel - for developers interested in KOffice. This is a moderated mailing-list, but after a few on-topic mails the mailing-list moderators will automatically remove the moderation for you.
  (subscribe koffice-devel, archive of koffice-devel)
• konq-e - for developers interested in Konqueror/Embedded
  (subscribe konq-e, archive of konq-e)
• konsole-devel - for developers interested in konsole, KDE's terminal program
  (subscribe konsole-devel, archive of konsole-devel)
• kopete-devel - for developers interested in kopete, KDE's multi-protocol messaging program
  (subscribe kopete-devel, archive of kopete-devel)
• kplato - for KPlato developers
  (subscribe kplato, archive of kplato)
• krita - for Krita developers
  (subscribe krita, archive of krita)
• kwin - dedicated to the development of KWin, the NET windowmanager standard - KDE implementation -, KWin styles and modules development
  (subscribe kwin, archive of kwin)
• kwrite-devel - for users/developers interested in Kate/KWrite, the standard kde text editors.
  (subscribe kwrite-devel, archive of kwrite-devel)

To Subscribe: Either use the above links and use the mailman interface, or send a mail to list-name-request@kde.org with subscribe your-email-address in the subject of the message. Please write your real email address instead of the plain "your-email-address" words, and the name of the list instead of the "list-name" words. Leave the body of the message empty. Do not include a signature or other stuff which might confuse the mail server which processes your request.

To Unsubscribe: Either use the above links and use the mailman interface, or send a mail to list-name-request@kde.org with unsubscribe your-email-address in the subject of the message. Please replace "your-email-address" with the email address you did use for the subscription, and "list-name" with the name of the list you subscribed to. Leave the body of the message empty. Do not include a signature or other stuff which might confuse the mail server which processes your request.

Notes:
Please do not use HTML to send your request because it makes it difficult for our mail server to process your request. If the subscription address is identical to the address you are posting from you may omit the address in the subject line.

Lists via Fidonet Feed:
Lists are available via Fidonet echo feed at 1:142/77. Contact Chris Molnar (molnar@kde.org) for information and to setup a feed. The server accepts both binkd and ifcicio services.

Contact addresses for developers can be found in the documentation of their individual applications.

^[1] The KDE Project consists of a loose affiliation of developers, writers, translators, artists and other contributors from around the world. Views expressed on the mailing lists are, unless explicitly stated otherwise, the views of the poster only, do not reflect the views of the KDE Project and may or may not reflect the views of other KDE contributors.