Just thought I would give an update on this: I have been working on this the last couple days using a couple tools and have something some interesting results.
I first used a TBird+Lightning/Sunbird extension called Provider. It essentially allows 2-way synchronization of TBird+Lightning/Sunbird & GCal. I am not sure how it works with differentiating a task from an event but the syncing seems quick. Not really a problem, but it only allows syncing the calendar and nothing else. I don't think it has an offline mode, but I imagine you would be able to enter things in your TBird+Lightning/Sunbird while not connected and then connect to GCal and have the information replicate. I like it because it is a small download, is a plug-in so is cross-platform and should theoretically work on a USB stick as well. The setup is very simple and straight forward. The second thing I have been trying is a product called GCAlDaemon. It is a larger download, but is cross-platform and has an offline mode as well. The one thing I do like about this is that it does a 2-way sync with GCal but it also allows you to access your Gmail contacts via LDAP (one-way only I think). There is a Gmail Notified module as well, but I haven't played with this yet. I current have TBird+Lightning directly connected to the accounts and that seems to work fine. I would imagine that the Notifier would come in very handy if you were on a slower connection or maybe with a USB stick as you wouldn't need to open your e-mail client and wouldn't actually have to download anything unless you wanted to. The configuration is a little bit more complex, but is well documented on the website. While I don't mind Java in general I do find it a bit frustrating waiting for the config tool to start. I can go in a directly configure it with a text editor, but the config tool is a lot more straight forward. I have only tested it on Windows so far but do have it running on my server & a client on the LAN connecting to it. Changing the folder from the default was a bit of a pain but I did get it finally. You can install in locally as well and the documentation actually focuses more on that. I am hoping to get it installed on ANOLE (my new linux laptop) and see how it runs from there and if I get a little cocky I may even try it on a USB stick, but I don't know how that will work. I believe the GCalDaemon also has an automatic backup and supports vcards through the contact syncing. I have tested a few of these and they don't come out very well but for testing it seems ok for now. I haven't into it much with these products with regarding to PDA syncing but the GCALDaemon does have some documentation on the site about it. I haven't found anything yet to point to Outlook but there is a section on Evolution, so it may be similar to set up. As I mentioned it is cross-platform so for you MacHeads out there for for the stuff on Apple iCal. I know a couple people have responded back about this topic so I hope this will help you out. Cameron _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
