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joey00
February 15th, 2010, 05:31 PM
Hi,
Sylpheed 2.4.8-2
Hardy Heron

I have recently switched email pop3 client to Sylpheed. I need to import a large address book.

When using the feature "Import comma delimited File", Sylpheed seems to carry out the operation and then crashes, closing.

The new address file is not saved.

I see that this is a known bug in this version of Sylpheed, so I tried to install a later version.

The latest version in the repository is 2.4.8-2, but versions exist upto 2.7.1.

I tried to install this from the tar.gz file, but could find no effective instructions and no easy way to do this. Part of the problem seems to be that later Sylpheeds are written for versions of Ubuntu later than 8.04.

So which way do I jump? Try to fix the 2.4.8 version? Or try to find a way to install 2.7.1?

Any help would be appreciated. A step-by-step idiot's guide would be most welcome. :)

Joey

joey00
October 14th, 2010, 10:37 AM
I gave up and used another client.