Zimbra 6.x birthday field
For Zimbra users, here is a brief explanation for why sync of birthday field between Thunderbird 3 and Zimbra was added in 0.8.15 and why it will likely be removed in 0.8.16.
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For Zimbra users, here is a brief explanation for why sync of birthday field between Thunderbird 3 and Zimbra was added in 0.8.15 and why it will likely be removed in 0.8.16.
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If the addon reports an assertion failure on line:
chrome://zindus/content/syncfsm.js:8475
then you have encountered google bug 1915.
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A question: is anyone interested in Firefox contact sync?
As an experiment, the testing release of the addon now includes a built-in SQLite addressbook that syncs with Google and Zimbra.
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The addon now syncs Google Groups with Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Postbox and Spicebird addressbooks. The feature is available in release 0.8.15 and later.
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Two users recently tweeted that the addon creates duplicates.
If the addon really created duplicates it’d be a serious bug. Neither of these folk filed a bug report so it’s impossible to know for sure.
But while bugs are always possible, it’s far more likely that these reports reflect a misalignment between expectations and the reality of slow sync.
Today’s 0.8.12 release of the addon supports Google and Zimbra contact sync for Spicebird.
Spicebird is a mozilla-derived mail client from Synovel, which bundles Spicebird with their enterprise messaging collaboration product, CollabSuite.
Google and Zimbra contact sync for Postbox is now supported by the addon.
Update 2009-07-12. This feature has moved out of testing into production (0.8.11). Thanks to everyone who provided feedback!
Postbox is a mozilla-derived mail client with loads of features. The company behind the client, Postbox Inc is a San Francsico-based startup founded by former Mozilla employees.
The Zindus addon currently uses the same Address Book backend for Postbox and Thunderbird, so if you read ‘Thunderbird’ in the FAQ, it’ll probably apply to Postbox too.
If you’re visiting this page because you clicked on a link in the addon, you’ve encountered Google GData bug 997.
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Thanks to LG for the Hungarian translation, available in the 0.8.8 release.
Eudora was a tremendously popular email client in it’s heyday and it still has lots of loyal users. Nowadays, Eudora is essentially Thunderbird with a Eudora skin.
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