[clug-talk] Contact Management server?

[Greg Saunders]

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 <tekbudda at gmail.com>

> 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<sgrover at open2space.com> 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<tekbudda at gmail.com> 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.
> >>>
> >>
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