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- | <note w> This page is under construction. Please ignore this page until will be completed. </note> | + | ====== Access calendars/addressbooks using Thunderbird with SOGO Plugins (only for Thunderbird 3.1 and 2.0) ====== |
- | ====== Access calendars/address books using Thunderbird with SOGO Plugins (only for Thunderbird 3.1 and 2.0) ====== | + | Please ignore this page. \\ |
+ | /** | ||
- | There are some plugins available for Thunderbird application, developed by Inverse Inc. (the corporation that develops SOGo). | + | There are three plugins available for Thunderbird application, developed by Inverse (the corporation that supports SOGo). |
- | Those plugins extends the functionality of Lightning with differentiate approach: | + | Those plugins extend the functionalities of Thunderbird in order to access calendars and address books: |
- | - Mozilla Lightning (Inverse Edition): this a customization of the last official release for Mozilla Thunderbird plugins Lightning, part of the Mozilla Calendar project; | + | - Mozilla Lightning (Inverse Edition): this a customization of Mozilla Thunderbird plugin Lightning, part of the Mozilla Calendar project |
- | - SOGo Connector: this extension transforms Thunderbird into a full DAV client (CalDAV, CardDAV, for groupware servers such as SOGo. Useful if you need to have compatibility with other external calendar services; | + | - SOGo Connector: adds support to access address books created with SOGo, or with other CardDAV-compatible external services (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CardDAV) |
- | - SOGo Integrator: this extension implements a complete integration of Thunderbird with SOGo, with remote administration of folder subscription and automatic propagation of default settings. | + | - SOGo Integrator: this extension implements a complete integration of Thunderbird with SOGo, managing also the configuration of the other two SOGo plugins (__ONLY FOR EXPERT USERS__) |
- | __You can combine those three plugins together to extend the functionality as you need. Those plugins are **compatible only with Thunderbird 2.0 and Thunderbird 3.1**__. | + | A complete description of those plugins is available at http://www.sogo.nu/english/about/overview.html. |
- | Accessing address books with Thunderbird 3.1 + SOGo Connector | + | __ Those plugins are **compatible only with Thunderbird 2.0 and Thunderbird 3.1**__ (but a new version is announced for Thunderbird 10 stable release in the 1Q 2012). |
- | A complete description of those plugins is available at http://www.sogo.nu/english/about/overview.html. | + | To install SOGo plugins for Thunderbird you can refer to the official public documentation: http://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGo%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird%20Configuration.pdf. |
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+ | __To access calendars and address books **use the SOGo Connector with Mozilla Lightning** (Official or Inverse Edition)__. | ||
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+ | <note i>Use the "SOGo Integrator" __only if__ you are an expert user of Thunderbird.</note> | ||
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+ | ===== Accessing address books with Thunderbird 3.1 + SOGo Connector ===== | ||
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+ | You can download ''//SOGo Connector//'' plugin from [[http://www.sogo.nu/downloads/frontends.html|SOGo Website]] or from the service webpage https://calendar.sissa.it/plugins/. | ||
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+ | First add the extension to Thunderbird (menu ''Tools-->Add-ons''). | ||
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+ | To access a SOGo address book open the "//Address Book//" window, clicking the specific button in the main toolbar of Thunderbird. | ||
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+ | In this window select the item "''Remote Address Book''" from submenu ''File --> New'', as you see in the following figure: | ||
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+ | {{:services:calendar:address_book_-_add_remote_addressbook.jpg?400|Add a remote address book}} | ||
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+ | A window, containing the address book properties, opens: | ||
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+ | {{:services:calendar:address_book_-_remote_addressbook_properties.jpg?500|Remote address book properties}} | ||
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+ | Insert a name for the address book (may be different from the name of the address book in SOGo) and an URL (see paragraph "[[services:calendar:sogo_sharing_address_books#Accessing address books from an external client|Accessing address books from an external client]]"). The remote addressbook of SOGo is inserted in Thunderbird's list. | ||
- | You should download the plugins from SOGo website or from internal address https://calendar.sissa.it/plugins/. | + | ===== Accessing calendars with Thunderbird 3.1 + Lightning Inverse Edition ===== |
- | To install the plugins you can refer to the SOGo public documentation: http://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGo%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird%20Configuration.pdf. | + | Refer to the guide "[[services:calendar:calendars_thunderbird_lightning|Access calendars using Thunderbird with Lightning plugin]]". |
+ | */ |