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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 three plugins available for Thunderbird application, developed by Inverse (the corporation that supports SOGo). | ||
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| - | Those plugins extend the functionalities of Thunderbird in order to access calendars and address books: | ||
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| - | - Mozilla Lightning (Inverse Edition): this a customization of Mozilla Thunderbird plugin Lightning, part of the Mozilla Calendar project | ||
| - | - 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, managing also the configuration of the other two SOGo plugins (__ONLY FOR EXPERT USERS__) | ||
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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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| - | __ 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). | ||
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| - | 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 the ''//SOGo Connector//'' plugin from [[http://www.sogo.nu/downloads/frontends.html|SOGo Website]] or from the service https://calendar.sissa.it/plugins/. | ||
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| - | 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 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|Accessing address books from an external client]]"). The remote calendar is inserted in Thunderbird address books list. | ||
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| - | ===== Accessing calendars with Thunderbird 3.1 + Lightning Inverse Edition ===== | ||
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| - | Refer to the guide "[[services:calendar:calendars_thunderbird_lightning|Access calendars using Thunderbird with Lightning plugin]]". | ||