CardDAV + Thunderbird

[Troy Carpenter]

Resurrecting an old email thread, but I haven't seen anything on this 
recently.

Is there anything better than the SoGo connector for CARDDAV?  I have 
the following issues with using it in Thunderbird:

1.  In the contact list, in the "Name" field: For most contacts the 
"name" is the username portion of their email address (minus the @domain 
portion).  If the contact doesn't have an email address, then that field 
is blank.  However, when I edit the contact, all information is there.
2.  There is a field in Thunderbird called "Display".  When that is 
populated, it shows up in the Name field on the list.  I can't tell how 
that gets populated automatically, though...some entries have it and 
some don't after a sync.  The Thunderbird Display field does not seem to 
map into the Kolab "Display Name" field available via Roundcube, but if 
I add a "Display Name" field in Kolab, it appears there.
3.  Email field handling is inconsistent.  Sometimes the home email (on 
Kolab) ends up as "Additional Email" on Thunderbird, but in other cases 
it ends up in the "Email" field.  I've read SOGo is designed to do the 
former, but I've got a slew of entries that followed the latter case.
4.  Some contacts have stray backslashes in various fields (mainly 
address, but I've found them in other fields).  Looking at the entry in 
Roundcube, I don't see any backslashes.
5.  Changes made on the Thunderbird side show as No Changes when doing a 
sync.  However, when I look in Kolab, I see the changes WERE synced.

It would seem to me that if the SOGo connector would allow field 
mapping, it might take care of some of these cases.  Don't know where 
the backslashes are coming from, though.

My question is whether or not there is a better solution for CARDDAV in 
Thunderbird with Kolab.  It actually surprises me that Thunderbird 
doesn't support CARDDAV natively.


On 11/25/2013 6:15 AM, Henning wrote:
> One big pro using this new interface is, that you don't have to have 
> subscribed to all calendar/contact/task folders in imap!
>
> However only i-Devices support it natively, so you have to use 
> additional software most of the time.
>
> Henning
>
> Am 25.11.2013 12:12, schrieb Henning:
>> Hi,
>>
>> webdav works like a charm in thunderbird.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Henning
>>
>> Am 25.11.2013 11:37, schrieb Torsten Grote:
>>> On Saturday 23 November 2013 19:28:32 Henning wrote:
>>>> >I tried SOGOConnector as mentioned elsewhere. Does not show any
>>>> >contacts, does not prompt for passwords or something...
>>>> >
>>>> >Help?
>>> Have you tried following these instructions?
>>>
>>>      http://mykolab.com/clients/thunderbird
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Torsten Grote
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