[Tickets #11533] Re: Kolab backend: Wrong smtp address used for the organizer field

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11533
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  Ticket             | 11533
  Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
  Summary            | Kolab backend: Wrong smtp address used for the
                     | organizer field
  Queue              | Nag
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Jan Schneider
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Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2012-10-17 17:55) wrote:

>> Since this is how we track assignees for tasks, and assignees in Nag
>> are user names, not e-mail addresses, this is the expected behavior.
>
> Though it's not the perfect behavior for the Kolab world. I've  
> inspected how Outlook handles this internally and they also use the  
> email address. You can go to your Outlook addressbook and select the  
> desired assignee from there.

Outlook doesn't know about users or user names.

> Assuming we would patch this to use the default identity email  
> address on our installation,
> what could possibly go wrong(tm)?

People can change email addresses.