Might I suggest you consider using Apache James mail server to fetch the emails and process them. Then hook ofbiz to James Look at thier mailets.
aswath narayana sent the following on 5/6/2009 7:00 PM: > Hello Michael, > inline... > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Michael Xu (xudong) > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> hi Aswatch, >> >> I like your idea. Anyway, I have some points: >> >> 1) It might be better to maintain gmail account info in user profile. Then >> users don't need to input input/password everytime. > > I think it may not be a good idea to store gmail passwords in the OFBiz user > profile. A better idea, in the long term, is to do SSO to Google Apps. > >> >> 2) Need to considering both one-way and two-way sync. (As sometime it >> doesn't make sense to sync your private friends info into CRM from gmail.) > > Current plan is to sync interactively, hence the user can skip the private > friends. > >> >> 3) Besides the sync button, You can implement a scheduled task which can >> sync automatically. > > Sure., if we can address 1) & 2) above > >> >> 4) Considering not all users are using gmail, it might make more business >> sense to sync lead/account/contact between SFA and outlook/thundbird. Then >> users can access those info in offline mode. Furthermore, users can install >> some tools (like google outlook sync tool) to sync between outlook and >> gmail. > > Agreed. > >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Michael Xu (xudong) >> www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) 135 >> 0135 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:34 PM, aswath narayana < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> I plan to write the sync between Gmail Contacts and OFBiz Leads and >>> Contacts. I will be using GData API to accomplish this. >>> >>> Following are the steps. >>> * A sub tab menu item - 'Sync to Gmail' is added to SFA >>> * The user presses on 'Sync to Gmail' tab >>> * The user is prompted for Gmail userid and password >>> * User enters the Gmail user id and password ( Gmail userid and password >>> will not be stored in the OFBiz system) >>> * Gmail to OFBiz : Each Gmail contact is checked against the Leads in the >>> OFBiz using email address as the primary comparison. If the Gmail contact >>> is not found in OFBiz leads, then it will be checked against the OFBiz >>> contacts. If it is not found then, the user will be prompted to be put >>> either in Leads or Contacts. >>> * OFBiz to Gmail: Each OFBiz lead and OFBiz contact is checked against >>> Gmail >>> contact, and if it is not available in Gmail, a Gmail contact gets >>> created. >>> >>> Please provide your inputs. >>> >>> -Aswath >>> >> > -- BJ Freeman http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation http://bjfreeman.elance.com http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro Systems Integrator.
