Access calendars/address books using Thunderbird with SOGO Plugins (only for Thunderbird 3.1 and 2.0)

There are three plugins available for Thunderbird application, developed by Inverse Inc. (the corporation that develops SOGo).

Those plugins extends the functionality of Lightning with differentiate approach:

1. Mozilla Lightning (Inverse Edition): this a customization of the last official release for Mozilla Thunderbird plugins Lightning, part of the Mozilla Calendar project;
2. 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;
3. SOGo Integrator: this extension implements a complete integration of Thunderbird with SOGo, with remote administration of folder subscription and automatic propagation of default settings.

Those plugins are compatible only with Thunderbird 2.0 and Thunderbird 3.1 (but a new version is announced with the Thunderbird 10 stable release on the 1Q 2012).

Regular security and stability update

You can combine those three plugins together to extend the functionality as you need. Accessing address books with Thunderbird 3.1 + SOGo Connector

A complete description of those plugins is available at http://www.sogo.nu/english/about/overview.html.

You should download the plugins from SOGo website or from internal address https://calendar.sissa.it/plugins/.

To install the plugins you can refer to the SOGo public documentation: http://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGo%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird%20Configuration.pdf.

The SOGo Connector available on the 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.

In this window select the item Remote Address Book“ from submenu File –> New'', as you see in the following figure:

A windows is opened to define the address book properties:

Insert a name for the calendar (may be different from the name of the address book in SOGo) and an URL (see paragraph ”Accessing address books from an external client“). The remote calendar is inserted in Thunderbird address books list.