IMHO a workaround not a fix ;) Nevertheless: I had a quick look:
Edgy and Feisty: bug is fixed. I've no knoda installed and kontact does not show the 'News' item anymore. Dapper had the bug, and there are two workarounds: a) install knoda if you want to use Newgroups b) Settings-> configure kontact , click 'select components...' and deselect the news item. Hope this helps. ** Changed in: kdepim (Ubuntu) Status: Rejected => Fix Released ** Summary changed: - News + dapper: select News in kontact complains about missing "libknodepart.la" -- dapper: select News in kontact complains about missing "libknodepart.la" https://launchpad.net/bugs/73289 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs