(reposted under second subject) I researched this to : a) help others understand the status and prospects for this feature - at present it doesn't seem likely it will happen soon b) spark a response in development, testing to get these palm features added to mozilla. As someone stated in a buzilla entry, not may corporate types are going to be use mozilla until PDA/sync support is there. Wayne Mery wrote: > Pratik wrote: > > > =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E5kan?= Waara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>Pratik wrote: > > >>> > > >>>Is there any effort going on for adding address book synchronization to > > >>>Mozilla? Any links to such a project or effort would be helpful. > > >>> > > >>>Thanks, > > >>>Pratik. > > > > Yup. I saw that. My question though was mainly about Palm Pilot > > synchronization which I think Netscape 4.7x had but Mozilla doesn't. I > > just wanted to know if there was any effort towards that and from what > > I've been hearing, the answer is a complete no. > > > > - Pratik. > > Big picture - there are two things people have been looking for: > * mail sync > * address book sync > Neither are available within mozilla. > > There doesn't seem to be anything active on address book sync, though > you will find a buzilla entry or two. There are a couple references: > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/arch/ABSyncClientDesign.html > > http://www.mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/tests/sea_mn_netcenter_ab_sync.html > > But there is good news (and bad news) relative to mail. The bad news: > 1. it is not available - I checked bugzilla and > secnews.netscape.com:netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news > 2. it is not even part of an active project > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/ > > Good news: > 1. several open enhancement bugs (though some have been open a couple > years) > 2. one of the bugs has recent 'activity' > 3. there appears to be a work around > http://www.brianz.net/palmsync.php3 > > A concise look: > > workaround > http://www.brianz.net/palmsync.php3 > not part of any active mozilla project http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/ > > scan of buzilla for 'pilot sync palm' > > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_$ > > The bug with recent activity: > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36836 > > Suggest you vote for 36836, or whatever bugs are important to you > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/votehelp.html > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/createaccount.cgi > > Suggest you get involved in the development, testing, QA effort > http://www.mozilla.org/get-involved.html > > Suggest you test the workaround and report back to Brian. > > Hope this helps. > Wayne > -- > > Thanks > Wayne > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > Save a Life..Sign an Organ Donor card > http://www.transweb.org
