address book problems

[Eli Wapniarski]

On Sunday 21 March 2010 20:34:10 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Sunday 21 March 2010 17:55:00 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 March 2010 19:45:03 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > On Sunday 21 March 2010 18:51:05 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 21 March 2010 15:34:05 John Aldrich wrote:
> > > > > Eli, Anne:
> > > > > I have tried Eli's suggestion and it does not help. I still cannot
> > > > > select or search for the spam report email address that I entered
> > > > > in the KMail address book. :-( It just does not show up.
> > > > > In addition, when I went back to the address book immediately after
> > > > > following Eli's instructions, that email address was not in there.
> > > > > Any suggestions on how to make it "save" that address book entry?
> > > > 
> > > > For clarity's sake, let's start afresh.  First, if you haven't set up
> > > > the tray icon (type akonadi into krunner and select it), do it now.
> > > > 
> > > > Right-click on the icon and select Configure.  List the addressbook
> > > > resources you see there.  For each one, check Modify and tell us
> > > > where it points to.
> > > > 
> > > > You will almost certainly see some 'Offline' messages - ignore them.
> > > > It's a known bug that has no impact on your work.
> > > > 
> > > > Then open KAddressBook - either within Kontact or stand-alone and
> > > > tell us what addressbooks you have there.
> > > > 
> > > > We'll tackle your saving problem once we know exactly what you have
> > > > and haven't got set up.
> > > > 
> > > > Anne
> > > 
> > > I just tried to save a test new contact in a standard vcf file. I added
> > > the entry, pressed on OK and got a dialogue box asking me to select
> > > which address book I wanted to save the new contact in. But, it was
> > > completely blank.
> > 
> > OK... This is getting weird. I just created a personal address book, and
> > then it saved the contact in the address book that I have selected
> > without asking. In my "Address Book" and my "Personal Address Book"
> > After I removed the new "Personal Address Book" Things seem to be
> > working just fine.
> > 
> > A thing that make you go hmmmm.
> 
> Strange.  Personal Contacts seems to be the default label for the migrated
> addressbook.  After talking to one of the developers I wrote up what he had
> told me on
> http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi_and_AddressBook#Examining_your_Resources
> 
> I'm not sure how that tallies with what you saw - does it help at all?
> 
> Still, the main thing is that you have it working now, although I'd love to
> know the reason.
> 
> Anne

I'd have liked to have known the reason as well. However here's a bit more 
weirdness...  I just added the "Personal Contacts" and it appeared OK. And it 
seemed to have synced my contacts just fine. Then I deleted my "Address Book" 
and they both disappeared. Then added the "Personal Contacts" again and my 
contacts appeared. I can save and delete just fine.

sigh.... "I soooo confused" :( :D

Eli

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