[Users] build Claws or accept the Ubuntu version?

[Cia Watson]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:05:06 -0500
RSV-RR <rsv869 at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Hello group
> 
> I learned there's an improved version of the address book available in
> Claws if you build the package (I think you also have to build the
> address book, too).  
> 
> Not too worried about the process but I wonder if this improvement
> will be going into an Ubuntu release next time around?  Have to ask
> "why go looking for trouble?", if you know what I mean, if it's going
> to be a part of future distro?
> 
There is a stand-alone address book you can build, which is what I did on
Debian wheezy. After you launch it for the first time it will import your
address book information from Claws. I believe if there are updates to the
package you would have to re-build or apply them, I'm not sure there have
been any updates. 

It will require you to install an LDAP server and all the packages that go
with that, even if you don't use LDAP. After having used it a bit, I now
rarely use it.

However, you don't need to build Claws mail itself in order to use the
standalone address book. I use the Claws that is in the Debian repos,
currently v3.8.1 for Wheezy. 

Hope that helps,

Cia W.
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