And then there is SyncML. Not quite the same like accessing the address book directly with the client, but a bridge.
Zitat von Graeme Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ACAP and IMSP were supposed to provide this kind of functionality. They > were never taken up and the protocols are now moribund and no clients > support them. > > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Jaap Winius wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> For the past six years I've been using IMP as my main mail client. >> While others prefer to use dedicated GUI mail clients instead, I love >> the fact that my client is the same everywhere and I'm never without >> my complete and up to date contact list. >> >> Nevertheless, I have more than a few users who have ended up using a >> dedicated GUI mail client anyway. I can't help imagining, though, that >> they might have remained a little more interested in IMP/Horde if they >> could at least have continued to access -- or better yet, maintain -- >> their Turba contact list from within their favorite mail client. My >> impression is that users who were once freed by IMAP/POP to use almost >> any mail client they wanted, still end up using only one in the end >> because of contact database lock-in. In the same way, even we IMP >> users are, to a lesser degree, locked into our Horde databases where >> the Turba contact information is stored. >> >> I suppose it is possible to use LDAP to make Turba contact information >> available elsewhere, but I hear that of the mail clients that do >> include LDAP support, this is limited to email address lookup only. I >> don't believe that implementing this would help very much to change >> any minds. >> >> Has the idea of making Turba contact information more available ever >> been given any serious consideration? Is there, perhaps, a Thunderbird >> plug-in that I haven't heard of yet? It would be interesting to hear >> what other people have to say about this subject. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jaap >> > > -- > Graeme Wood, Unix Section of the IT Infrastructure Division, > Information Services, The University of Edinburgh > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +44 131 650 5003 Fax: +44 131 650 6552 > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, > registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > -- > IMP mailing list - Join the hunt: http://horde.org/bounties/#imp > Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ > To unsubscribe, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan. -- Do you need professional PHP or Horde consulting? http://horde.org/consulting/ -- IMP mailing list - Join the hunt: http://horde.org/bounties/#imp Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/ To unsubscribe, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
