1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kabc/addressbook.cpp b/kabc/addressbook.cpp
index d101589..9b196b5 100644
--- a/kabc/addressbook.cpp
+++ b/kabc/addressbook.cpp
@@ -859,14 +859,17 @@ void AddressBook::removeSyncAddressees( bool removeDeleted )
 {
     Iterator it = begin();
     Iterator it2 ;
     QDateTime dt ( QDate( 2004,1,1) );
     while ( it != end() ) {
         (*it).setRevision( dt );
-        (*it).removeCustom( "KADDRESSBOOK", "X-ExternalID" );
-        (*it).setIDStr("");
+        if (( *it).IDStr() != "changed" ) { 
+            // "changed" is used for tagging changed addressees when syncing with KDE or OL
+            (*it).removeCustom( "KADDRESSBOOK", "X-ExternalID" );
+            (*it).setIDStr("");
+        }
         if ( ( (*it).tempSyncStat() == SYNC_TEMPSTATE_DELETE && removeDeleted  )|| (*it).uid().left( 19 ) == QString("last-syncAddressee-")) {
             it2 = it;
             //qDebug("removing %s ",(*it).uid().latin1() );
             ++it;
             removeAddressee( it2 );
         } else  {