How do I import addresses with kmail?

andrewwalker27 · l33t Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 660

I'm having a problem with kmail's address book. When I write a new e-mail and press select for recipient I get a list of addresses as you would expect and it works correctly. However, when I go to the kaddressbook option in kmail I get a blank list. How do I get the working list to appear in my addressbook so I can edit them?
What I don't understand is how come kmail is using 2 different address books? Could updating KDE to 3.5 have caused it?

badchien · Guru Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 415 Location: doghouse

Are you sure the addressbook view doesn't have a category filter applied or something that's keeping your entries from being displayed?

andrewwalker27 · l33t Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 660

Not as far as I'm aware, I certainly haven't tried to filter anything!

wol · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Jun 2002 Posts: 107

If you open kaddressbook, looking down to the lower left section, do you have an addressbook resource specified?

Assuming you are using files rather than a network resource, if you then look at the directory ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc

do you have multiple files there and are they the same?
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andrewwalker27 · l33t Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 660

Many thanks, that solved it!
For those with a similar problem when upgrading to KDE3.5 here's what I did.
My address book from KDE3.4 at
~/.kde3.4/share/apps/kabc
needed copying to KDE3.5 at
~/.kde3.5/share/apps/kabc

andrewwalker27 · l33t Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 660

The only problem is I've still got 2 separate lists, file address book and resource-name in kaddressbook but only one comes up when I use the address option in kmail.
I want a single address book that comes up with both options, what is the correct default method?