[Users] Address Book Problem

[Ricardo Mones]

  Hi Jerry,

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 03:06:07PM -0500, Jerry wrote:
> For the past two days, every time I start "claws-mail", I receive an
> error message: 
> 
> 	"Addressbook conversion error"
> 	New user, could not save index file.
> 
> I have attached a copy of the error message. I don't know if it will
> survive the trip though.
> 
> I have not been able to figure out what is causing this problem or how
> to correct it.
> 
> My main address book is an LDAP server; however, that configuration is
> lost also when I restart claws-mail. Even after reconfiguring the
> address book, LDAP does not work correctly. It will not do a "tab"
> completion from the "To" line although it will look up addresses
> directly from the address book "find" line.
> 
> I welcome any suggestions. This is with "claws-mail - 3.9.0".

  Looks like a problem of permissions, check if your
$HOME/.claws-mail/addrbook directory is writable.

  You can also try "claws-mail --debug" in a terminal emulator and
look for something interesting in the messages before the error.

  regards,
-- 
  Ricardo Mones 
  ~
  The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, 
  Impatience, and Hubris.                                    man perl
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