On Wednesday 22 December 2004 09:06, Peter Nuttall wrote: > On Wednesday 22 Dec 2004 08:44, Alan Chandler wrote: > > Although I have been using kmail for a long time, I have only recently > > started to look at using the address book. > > > > kaddressbook has been set up with a few entries in it. > > > > If I go to kmail tools menu and select "address book", I open > > kaddressbook and can select entries from it and use it to send a message. > > > > However, when I compose a message from scratch, I would expect to hit the > > button with the three dots on the right hand side to bring up a dialog > > box that lets me select an address from the address book. > > This is what happens on my system. ... > > 1) what version of kde are you running? What you describe is correct for > 3.3, which is the version in sid.
I am running KDE 3.3.1, the latest from Debian Unstable. I am confused as to what you mean here - "What I describe" means the way I actually have it work, or the way I expected it to be? > > 2) are you saving the address book after making changes? That has burnt me > once or twice. Oh yes, I can call it up as an independent application and see the addresses -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]