User's Guide
4.3.0 is the version of the Desktop software for the and similar products.

Introduction
4.3.0 is the latest version of the Desktop software for . After several releases and many contributions from users , along with , has evolved into a rather complete replacement for the Desktop provided by . offers a few internal tools for viewing and manipulating data, and a convenient API for developing ways of sharing data with other applications. supports the and similar devices, like the .
There is a web page for : the Official Home Page . The KDE-PIM website also offers useful information on the subject of PIM in general. shares the kde-pim mailing list, kde-pim@kde.org. See the mailing lists page for more information on subscribing and unsubscribing from the list.
A word about version numbers: 3.x versions are for KDE 1. With the release of 2 3.x is obsolete and 4.x has become current.
This document still reflects version 4.2.2. The descriptions may be inaccurate and the screenshots misleading. Updated documentation will be released after the 3.0 release.

Revision History
New in 4.3.0 - a new architecture, USB support, and possibly a VCal () conduit that isn't dead slow.
New in 4.2.2 - (There were versions 4.1.x and 4.2.1 for KDE 2, but we never updated the documentation to reflect this. These revision notes apply to the change between 4.0.0 and 4.2.2.) Many compilation and portability fixes were applied. Those changes do not affect the visible appearance of . What has changed is the GUI. We now use the KDE 2 XML GUI. This means that menu names have changed again but we feel it should be obvious where things have ended up. This has the advantage that you can now easily customize the toolbar and that the user interface behaves more like the rest of KDE 2. Tool tips (also called balloon help) have finally been added.
There are two new external conduits: one for (and hence kab, the KDE 2 address book) and one for the expenses application on the .
What's missing: The expense conduit is rather experimental as of may 2001, but should improve vastly before the KDE 2.2 final release. The FastSync vs. HotSync is not fully functional yet. There have also been problems reported with the KNotes conduit.
New in 4.0.0 - is now a KDE 2 application. A lot of work has gone into making the main application compatible with the new KDE 2 standards. The stability of the program as a whole has improved as well, with lots of bugfixes under the hood. The most important visible new features are:
There is a new conduit that synchronizes the memo pad with .
More intuitive conduit installation and setup.
The documentation has been brought mostly up-to-date.
New in 3.2.1 - more bugfixes. 3.2.1 is also the last version of for KDE 1. Development on the 3.x series has stopped.
New in 3.2.0 - has been polished sufficiently for a new public release. The infamous application-category bug has been squashed along with other bugs.
New in 3.1.14 - New configuration options Backup Only: and Skip have been added to avoid database corruption for some Handbase databases — and possibly other products as well. The documentation for — in english only — has been vastly expanded.
New in 3.1.13 - You can now HotSync - experimentally - with style mailboxes. The popmail conduit will read a standard mailbox and copy it to the . The has been improved and some issues with various OS distributions have been dealt with. See the buglist for more information.
New in 3.1.12 - This release of has only been tested with KDE 1.0, 1.1 and 1.1.1. Previous versions of KDE are no longer supported. 3.1.12 has a number of new features compared to 3.1b9. It also includes a large number of bug fixes.
The most important new features are:
Now supports debugging output, just start by hand from the command line with kpilot --debug 1023 and you will get loads of debugging output. Useful for reporting bugs. See the FAQ for information on the parameter to --debug.
Addresses can be sorted by company, name or by lastname, firstname.
A new (demonstration) conduit has been added that does nothing. For programmers, mostly.
The has been cleaned up.
The most important bugs that have been fixed are:
SMTP support
Daemon startup
Note that the debugging code hasn't spread to the whole of yet. The daemon and conduits do have some debugging output, which may also be useful if doesn't work perfectly on your system.
New in 3.1.9 - This is the fourth release of . The major change in this release is conduit support. There are currently two included conduits, a conduit (vcal syncing) and a PopMail conduit (this fixes the email bug with 2.1). Also fixed in this release is the Address/Memo off by one bug. This release requires KDE Beta 4 or better.