On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 02:22:39AM -0500, Patrice Levesque wrote: > > >>> So, does everyone here use abook, or nothing, or just have all their > >>> E-Mail addresses in mutt aliases, or what? Any suggestions would be > >>> very welcome. > > If I found something that could synchronize my (any) phone as well > > then I'd be *very* happy! :-) > > My current setup does just that. > > - OpenLDAP acts as the addressbook container; > - Horde's Turba acts as a web-based data entry frontend; > - Horde's Turba can also deal with phone two-way synchronization > mechanism (via ActiveSync), if you use Horde ≥ 4 and Turba ≥ 3. > I've often toyed with Horde but have never actually really got into it, maybe I should revisit it.
> The phone sync setup can easily accomodate calendars as well if you add > Horde's Kronolith. You may also handle mail via Horde's Imp as a > web-based plan B (I like a shell environment on my cellphone but I > understand it's not everyone's taste, especially for those without a > physical keyboard; native smartphone mail apps often suck) and you could > even deal with mail filters (think procmail or sieve) using Horde's > Ingo. My mail is stored in IMAP, don't know about your setup, so YMMV. > > Turba works well enough (though clumsily) in a text-based browser like > ELinks if you want to add contacts without leaving the comfort of your > shell. > > (No, this is not a Horde selling pitch! I'm getting back to the subject > at hand, now!) > > Mutt accesses OpenLDAP via a thin shell script; my OpenLDAP server is > located thousands of miles away and the Ctrl-T completion seldom takes > more than 2 seconds. > > Of course, all that may seem like overhead just to get e-mail address > completion, but I like to think of it the other way around; mutt fits in > *nicely* in that ecosystem ;) > Yes, that's the way round I am really. I want a good/comfortable contacts manager for lots of reasons other than using it with mutt, being able to extract E-Mail addresses to mutt is just a bonus. -- Chris Green
