I'm looking for the Right Way to go about maintaining a shared contacts database/address book. The little scraps of paper I'm currently using work fine for me, but they're not easy for others to access, and are a bit embarrasing for smeone who's supposed to be a tech guru.
Recalling a SLUG talk from a few years ago about LDAP, I thought here's the very thing. A day of cursing and growling later, I'm not so sure.
Most of the tutorials on this subject are based on the premise that you're creating your own database and front-end from scratch, rather than a database that existing apps can use (I'm principally concerned about Thunderbird here).
There are a few LDAP-based apps that claim to use Netscape-compatible address books, but all of those I've tried are so flaky that they don't generate anything but error messages.
Has anybody else tried this with any success? Any tools/resources been especially useful?
Matthew.
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