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- | ====== Access calendars/address books using Thunderbird with SOGO Plugins (only for Thunderbird 3.1 and 2.0) ====== | ||
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- | There are some plugins available for Thunderbird application, developed by Inverse Inc. (the corporation that develops SOGo). | ||
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- | Those plugins extends the functionality of Lightning with differentiate approach: | ||
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- | - Mozilla Lightning (Inverse Edition): this a customization of the last official release for Mozilla Thunderbird plugins 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 Integrator: this extension implements a complete integration of Thunderbird with SOGo, with remote administration of folder subscription and automatic propagation of default settings. | ||
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- | __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**__. | ||
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- | Accessing address books with Thunderbird 3.1 + SOGo Connector | ||
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- | A complete description of those plugins is available at http://www.sogo.nu/english/about/overview.html. | ||
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- | You should download the plugins from SOGo website or from internal address https://calendar.sissa.it/plugins/. | ||
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- | To install the plugins you can refer to the SOGo public documentation: http://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGo%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird%20Configuration.pdf. | ||
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- | ==== Accessing address books with Thunderbird 3.1 + SOGo Connector ==== | ||
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- | The ''//SOGo Connector//'' available on the [[http://www.sogo.nu/downloads/frontends.html|SOGo Website]]. | ||
- | Add the extension to Thunderbird (menu ''Tools-->Add-ons''). | ||
- | 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 windows is opened to define the address book properties: | ||
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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 calendar (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|Adding and sharing address books with SOGo web interface]]). The remote calendar is inserted in Thunderbird address books list. | ||
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