Hello Patrick, I'm sorry for my late reply.
No, I experimented with different configs and didn't realize that they wrote in different address books. It is a bummer, that this main task which really every user of mobile devices needs, is not really implemented to use easily. Kind regards Max On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 18:02 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: > On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 22:55 +0100, Roth wrote: > > I checked my address books and found duplicates there. > > It seems that the import succeeded in different address books. > > So in other words, you have one sync config and ended up writing into > different local address books with it? > > The choice of the default local address book is a bit fuzzy, but usually > it should pick the "Personal" address book (aka system) even if more > address books are added later. > > What does "syncevolution" (without parameters) say on your system? > > > How do I maintain more address books, like 'personal', 'business', > > 'school' etc.? > > The SyncEvolution "backend" config property can be set to select a > specific address book, instead of using the default. That should fix the > problem of using the wrong one. > > Syncing multiple address books is difficult. SyncEvolution supports it, > but most peers don't. > > A HOWTO involving SyncEvolution can be found here: > http://syncevolution.org/wiki/synchronizing-evolution-http-howto#databases > > > Can I maintain such different address books also on my HTC mobile phone? > > As far as I have found out, this is not possible. > > Android supports more than one address book. The Synthesis SyncML app > allows you to choose and create local address books. I don't remember > whether it supports more than one address book per server. If not, then > at least configuring the same server multiple times with different local > and remote address books should work. > _______________________________________________ SyncEvolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.syncevolution.org/listinfo/syncevolution
