Its difficult to obtain information about LDAP write support, apart looking at past changelogs. If you change an existing ldap addressbook entry, modification are not sent immediately to server, but only when you close the whole (global) claws-mail addressbook. So if you do the following: change entry and redo a search (without closing addressbook)to look if entry is changed, the information retrieved from the server are still the old one and you could think that claws-mail have not changed the entry at all (i thinked that ldap write was not supported!); at the end you loss all changes made. So when you change some entry the first things to do is CLOSE global addressbook windows so that changes are sent to server. One more little thing, if you create a new ldap entry without email address (i know its a little stupid) the message is not so clear (Distinguished Name (dn) is missing); maybe something as "please specify an email address" or similar is better. Finally claws-mail is really marvellous!!! Go on this way, and thanks for all!! Bye, Mello.
Hi Mello, The reason for the behavior in the LDAP address book is due to a fundamental design decision in the address book code which would require a complete rewrite of the address book implementation to solve out. I admit the functionality is not the best it could be which is why I have made a complete brand new address book that some day, I hope, will make its way to claws-mail. Until this happens I think you must take the address book as is since further development of the current address book has been halted, only bugs will be taken care of.
Thanks, now that i know how thing work, for me it's not a problem (i am so happy that claws-mail support ldap write!); i submitted the bug (on advice of claw on irc channel, that confirmed me ldap write support) only to help other, so that they know that ldap write is supported and how to "use" it. Thanks again. Bye, Mello.