Re: Online sync of Kontact?

On Sunday 07 February 2010, Werner Joss wrote:
> Am Sunday 07 February 2010 21:07:00 schrieb Art Alexion:
> > > - actually, address data/todo list etc. are just stored in a
> > > cached IMAP folder, which then can be used as a ressource for
> > > kaddressbook/korganizer.
> > 
> > I don't understand how this works.  DIMAP stores IMAP locally, but
> > doesn't act as a server on the WAN/Internet, does it?
> 
> of course, it doesn't :)
> the whole thing is quite simple: you just tell kontact, that a
> specific folder on the IMAP server is used to store address data,
> and when you look at this folder in kmail, you see that it is filled
> with 'messages' which are nothing else than vcard files, one for
> each contact.
> then configure kontact to use this a a ressource for addressbook.
> that's all.
> and, well, as this folder is cached via DIMAP, you have automatically
> access to the addresses, even when you are offline.
> moreover, addresses added while offline, will be synce'd back to the
> server next time you are online and hit 'check for mail'...

Exactly. And for events, to-dos and journal entries it works the same 
way. But that's not all. Using shared IMAP folders you can easily 
realize shared calendars and address books. It's really amazing how 
simple it is to use a normal IMAP server as groupware server with 
Kontact.


Regards,
Ingo

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