I'm afraid I have to second TekBudda on GMail for IMAP contact management. I've been using it for a couple of years now with a variety of IMAP clients from iPhones, Blackberries and other email clients. It just works and your threshold to getting it up and running is nearly a zero effort on your part and no software or ifrastructure to maintain.
2009/8/25 TekBudda <[email protected]> > 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 >
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