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| author | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2015-03-09 01:20:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2015-03-09 01:20:51 +0100 |
| commit | 72991081b1584240087f71ce03e8006bc14a1429 (patch) | |
| tree | b1beb24d8935e6808c482558969c7921195e2a0c /address/setup.mdwn | |
| parent | 51bd89d86afba67a48a69189b95ac9d2b3a0ea7f (diff) | |
Rename (yet unused) topic address/addressbooks → contact.
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diff --git a/address/setup.mdwn b/address/setup.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 86242a2..0000000 --- a/address/setup.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -# Setting up and using central addresses - -## Looking up addresses - -### Web access - - * Public search page - - * Horde webmail - -### Desktop applications - - * Mozilla Thunderbird - -### Cell phone - - * SMS lookup - -## Adding and editing - -### Web access - - * Horde webmail - -### Desktop applications - - * Directory assistant (Linux, MacOS w/ X11) - -## Exchanging data - -### Importing addresses - -#### Well-structured address databases - -Some address book applications can export entries as an LDIF file. -This often means the data is well-structured and easy to feed into the central database. - -Import of LDIF files is supported from the following applications: - - * Mozilla Thunderbird - -If you use a different application and it can export LDIF files, then try if it works. -Tell us your experiences, so we can (maybe improve the import routines and) add it to this list. - -#### Other sources - -For applications that cannot export LDIF, first feed the data into an application that does, -and then import from there. - -Here's a possible recipe for a list of addresses stored in an Excel spreadsheet: - - 1. Remove noise (eg. non-tabular comments) - 2. Export as comma-separated file - * Use "Western european (ISO-8859-1)" as character codepage (not Unicode) - 3. Open Mozilla Thunderbird, and select "Import..." from the Tools menu - 4. Import addressbook, choose "Comma Separated" and open the exported data file - 5. Match Address Book fields with records to import - * Use "Display Name" as full name, if first and last name was not previously stored separately - * Use company fields for company info, if each previous record contained both company and contact person info - * Use custom fields for custom data (avoid reusing standard fields for new purposes!) - 6. Review the imported data now stored in a new Address Book - * Re-import if not satisfied: The field matching is remembered from last import - 7. Edit entries as needed - * Each personal entry *must* contain both first name and last name - * Each company-only entry must contain *no* personal data - -### Two-way syncronization |