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.
> 
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