[Klug-general] Kmail Address Book

[Michael E. Rentell]

Margot wrote:
> Mike Rentell wrote:
>> On Friday 05 March 2010 10:32:58 Margot wrote:
>>> Mike Rentell wrote:
>>>> On an entirely different topic .. I've been forced to switch from
>>>> Thunderbird ver 3.0-1 to Kmail because this latest version of Tbird is
>>>> just so unstable on my PCLOS 2009.2 setup. No one else seems to have this
>>>> problem but it is so annoying that I'm giving kmail a whirl.
>>>>
>>>> It seems perfectly satisfactory except that I cannot figure out how to
>>>> get the integral address book to intercept incoming and outgoing email
>>>> addresses and store them. Tbird was good at this and I would like that
>>>> function.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone any idea how to switch that feature on? Or alternatively is there
>>>> a repository somewhere I can get the earlier version of Tbird from. Don't
>>>> like this new one at all.
>>>>
>>>> All offerings etc...
>>>> MikeR
>>> No idea about your Kmail problem I'm afraid - I'm still using
>>> Thunderbird - but I had to downgrade back to Thunderbird 2 from 3
>>> because 3 was so unstable. So unstable, in fact, that it was
>>> completely unusable - it crashed every time I input my password to
>>> collect my mail!
>>>
>>> Thunderbird 3 looks to have some nice features, but if I can't
>>> actually read my mail in it I'll wait until some bugs have been
>>> fixed before I try it again.
>>
>> Ah, now that is reassuring. It ain't just me then. Where did you get your old
>> version 2 from?
>> mikeR
>>
>
> Mandriva 2010 still officially uses Thunderbird 2 - version 3 is in
> the "backports" repo, so I tried it but when it didn't work out I
> just went back to the version of 2 in the normal repo.
>
> mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-3.3mdv2010.0.i586.rpm is available here:
> ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/2010.0/i586/media/main/updates/
>
> As PCLOS is Mandriva-based, maybe this rpm would work for you?
>
  Thank you for going to that trouble. Although PCLOS is Mandriva based, 
its installer is synaptic. All the installables are presented as rpms so 
you'd think that other offerings in rpm format would work. But they 
don't. I've tried several times. You either take what is available on 
the PCLOS repository or you have to compile things from scratch.

But I've now found Seamonkey ver 2.0.1 on the PCLOS repository and that 
works just fine. It found all my Tbird mailboxes and .. just works.

But thanks for trying, much appreciated.
--
MikeR