As much as you don't like it...I think Gmail is likely your best solution at this point or maybe plaxo...with whatever plugin suits your needs.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Shawn<[email protected]> wrote: > I used Zimbra Server for a couple years. It is good enough for most email > needs. But I moved away from Zimbra/Kolab/other pre-packaged mail system in > favor of doing it myself, and from there to hosted email via a web host. > Spending my time managing a server was interrupting billable work hours. > > I haven't looked at Zimbra desktop, but suspect it will be a similar problem > as Thunderbird and Kmail - you become tied to a single application to manage > your data. I'm the sort of guy who will try out new things often just to be > aware what is out there. So I'd rather deal with a system that can work > with any mail client. LDAP is a decent choice - if the mail clients all > supported it the same. > > I think my best bet is to just export contacts to a common format on a > regular basis - LDIF, vcard, etc. Even then I notice ThunderChicken can't > handle vcards, so the core problem still exists - lots of manual transfer > effort to change out a mail client... I'll make do. > > Shawn > > TekBudda wrote: >> >> I don't know where you were with this Shawn...but one of the things I >> was considering is the Zimbra Desktop. It is cross-platform and >> supports, POP, IMAP, etc. & includes calandering, etc. I don't know >> if it connects to any LDAP stuff, but it works with their Zimbra >> backend. >> >> It is essentially trying to be an Outlook killer with the ZImbra >> backend trying to steal the exchange market. I haven't used it myself >> to this point, but it looks interesting. I think somoene has even got >> the Desktop client in a portable format as well (Windows only I >> beleive). >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:15 PM, TekBudda<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> TekBudda wrote: >>>> >>>> This is just a thought, but there is an online service called Plaxo that >>>> essentially is a contact database. They have a variety of client >>>> plug-ins. >>>> I don't know about the integration with LDAP or whatever, but might be >>>> the >>>> scratch for your itch. >>> >>> If you do decide to drink the google kool-aid, you could look at >>> http://gcaldaemon.sourceforge.net/index.html & IMAP. I believe these >>> even >>> include a gmail notified as well. >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
