thunderbird address book
Many thanks for your suggestion.
I have to say that the object of the exercise is "intergration".
I am trying to achieve a situation where the plusnet webmail roundcube system is the centre point of a multi item email approach.
I need to have more than one mailbox, visable on android phones and tablets, intergrated with access to webmail and a pc based thunderbird client.
At the IMAP level this looks very do-able.
It is access to a central address database with these multiple platforms using roundcube, LDAP or plugins, that I am trying to achieve. A situation where you send an email at one point in the system, it gets recorded as an email address in the central book automaticely, and is then an available as an address on all client hardware.
Should be possible?
Thanks again.
godricbj
I have to say that the object of the exercise is "intergration".
I am trying to achieve a situation where the plusnet webmail roundcube system is the centre point of a multi item email approach.
I need to have more than one mailbox, visable on android phones and tablets, intergrated with access to webmail and a pc based thunderbird client.
At the IMAP level this looks very do-able.
It is access to a central address database with these multiple platforms using roundcube, LDAP or plugins, that I am trying to achieve. A situation where you send an email at one point in the system, it gets recorded as an email address in the central book automaticely, and is then an available as an address on all client hardware.
Should be possible?
Thanks again.
godricbj
Hi,
No, I'm afraid not. We don't offer a directory service that you could use it with (I doubt many ISPs do). There will be dedicated third party email providers that support LDAP, however you'll probably be expected to pay for the privilege.
There may be ways to do this using plugins etc. but it's likely to be very messy. I guess you could install a Thunderbird plugin to act as an LDAP connecter to a Google account and then have each of the phones signed into the same account. Sending email from a device isn't going to automatically add the recipient address as a contact though. Neither does a solution like this help where the Plusnet Webmail platform's concerned.
I don't think Android supports LDAP natively, although I'm sure there are probably apps that offer the functionality.
IMO, the problem with the multiple apps/plugins/workarounds approach, is the additional points of failure you introduce. It only takes a software update or problem with one of the apps/plugins etc. to bring the whole thing crashing down.
You might want to consider looking for an email provider that offers something like Active Sync/Exchange because there's not going to be much you can do with our Roundcube install aside from manually importing/exporting data like Mike has suggested
Quote from: godricbj I am trying to use the plusnet webmail address book to sync to Thunderbird's address book. There is an option to connect to an external LDAP in the Thunderbird address book options. See link below.
Can I use this with plusnet?
No, I'm afraid not. We don't offer a directory service that you could use it with (I doubt many ISPs do). There will be dedicated third party email providers that support LDAP, however you'll probably be expected to pay for the privilege.
Quote from: godricbj It is access to a central address database with these multiple platforms using roundcube, LDAP or plugins, that I am trying to achieve. A situation where you send an email at one point in the system, it gets recorded as an email address in the central book automaticely, and is then an available as an address on all client hardware.
There may be ways to do this using plugins etc. but it's likely to be very messy. I guess you could install a Thunderbird plugin to act as an LDAP connecter to a Google account and then have each of the phones signed into the same account. Sending email from a device isn't going to automatically add the recipient address as a contact though. Neither does a solution like this help where the Plusnet Webmail platform's concerned.
I don't think Android supports LDAP natively, although I'm sure there are probably apps that offer the functionality.
IMO, the problem with the multiple apps/plugins/workarounds approach, is the additional points of failure you introduce. It only takes a software update or problem with one of the apps/plugins etc. to bring the whole thing crashing down.
You might want to consider looking for an email provider that offers something like Active Sync/Exchange because there's not going to be much you can do with our Roundcube install aside from manually importing/exporting data like Mike has suggested