It looks like MultiSync should work with all of your devices, but there isn't much we can do with Mozilla/Thurderbird yet, especially running on WinXP. The only synchronization you will get there is to do what you suggested - keep your contacts in LDAP and sync them that way.
Another thing to keep in mind is that Multisync does not (yet) handle the concept of "sync groups". In other words, it syncs on pair, then syncs then next pair, etc. You will run in to problems if you modify the same piece of data on plugins not in the same sync pair. Usually it is best to create one plugin in common (Evolution for me) so that everything syncs back to it to try and reduce conflicts. Hope that helps. Tom On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 15:37, Marc Laporte wrote: > Hi! > > I am requesting some advice on if/how I can manage all my stuff with > MultiSync. Please reply with any advice, wisdom, experience or ideas. > > My devices: > *Palm V > *Toshiba E740 (PocketPC 2002) > *Siemens M55 (SyncML) > > Software I use on my WinXP PC: > *Outlook XP (Calendar, tasks, notes, email via IMAP) > *ThunderBird (email via IMAP) > *Mozilla Calendar for subscribing to ical calendars (ex.: icalshare.com) > > Web applications I use: > *IMP Webmail (via IMAP) (horde.org/imp) > *Tiki CMS/Groupware (tikiwiki.org) > *Tutos (tutos.org) (I only need one way sync) > > I think it's pretty clear why I need a sync mechanism. ;-) > > General info: > My initial thought was to have an open source server solution in PHP. > AFAICT, they are not yet mature enough: http://www.horde.org/sync/ and > http://sourceforge.net/projects/boheme/. Sync4j looks pretty good but > is in Java. MultiSync seems to come closest to synching all my stuff > with SynCE, Palm, LDAP and SyncML plugins. > > *My emails are already efficiently kept in sync across my different mail > clients thanks to IMAP. My Siemens M55 phone even has an IMAP mail > client (!) which I haven't tested yet. Therefore, I would like to sync > tasks, contacts, calendar & notes. > > *It would be sweet if I could access my contacts list from within my > different mail clients. My current idea is to setup my contacts in > OpenLdap so that it may be accessible by Outlook XP, ThunderBird and IMP > Webmail (via Turba). OpenLDAP does feel like an overkill however... > > *I would prefer to avoid remote SyncML with my Siemens M55 phone because > I don't have unlimited GPRS. I would still like to have optional remote > synching for emergencies and coolness factor. I have not bought a cable > yet but intend to. I am not sure if I should take the MA-8720c, DCA-510 > or another? > > *My phone is limited to 500 contacts. I have more than 500 so how should > I handle it? An archive group for rarely used (and rarely modified) > numbers? In general, my phone & PDA has less space than Outlook. How > does MultiSync handle this? > > *I am a project admin for Tiki CMS/Groupware. I see that a PHPGroupware > plugins is "In the pipe". Since PHPGroupware & Tiki share the same LGPL > license, down the road, I hope we can port the code and that I > eventually may have all my data in Tiki. Tiki has a MyTiki section which > includes webmail, notes, tasks, calendar and contacts. Synching notes > <-> wiki pages would be very interesting & powerful. MultiSync could > become a way to update a wiki offline. This would be most useful for > places where Internet connections are unstable or expensive. > > Wishlist: Down the road, I think it would be really sweet for MultiSync > to handle bookmarks and login (username/password) information. > > Thanks for reading. I look forward to your advice. > > Best regards, ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Multisync-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/multisync-users
