Re: Address book

On 24 Jan, 11:46, Lucien Hantute <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gorm wrote:
> > The Thunderbird address book is a poor aid with many contacts, many
> > categories etc. I use OpenContacts and mail from there, which is
> > alright but not ideal and not for many others. Good would be to have
> > Thunderbird being able to use its e-mail fields. OpenContacts is a
> > Freeware from and a superior Contacts tool compared to most others.
> > (http://www.fonlow.com/opencontacts/index.htm)
>
> > At least the Address book ought to include some form of categorization
> > or tagging. Sub folders would be a benefit.
>
> > Gorm
>
> Sub folders are present, in the form of multiple address books, which
> you can organize as you wish :
>
> http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/1549/thunderbirdaddressfoldeef9.jpg
>
> or you could use a local LDAP directory :
>
> http://mguessan.free.fr/nt/openldap_en.htmlhttps://opends.dev.java.net/
>
> and access it from Thunderbird.
>
> Lucien

Sava Lucien!

Yes, I see now that I can select a name from a Distribution list,
placed under a folder - thus the distribution list works as a form of
sub-folder.

What I meant was a true address book sub-folder system.

LDAP is fine for remote server based address catalogues.

Thank for the OpenSource links!

Gorm