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-====== Access calendars/​addressbooks 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 ''//​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. 
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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]]"​. 
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