Re: [PLUG] So, That's it for Thunderbird

["Lee H. Marzke" <lee@marzke.net>]

OK, But how do you sync the address book ?

Lee

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Morgan Jones" <morgan@morganjones.org>
> To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Monday, 9 July, 2012 12:34:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] So, That's it for Thunderbird
> 
> 
> On Jul 7, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > 
> > Is there any way to do native android with the Open-source edition
> > of
> > Zimbra yet?  Their features page seems to suggest that Android
> > might
> > be second class, and it is only available if you fork out $840 for
> > their network edition.
> > 
> > For a small business that isn't a bad deal (collaboration/etc for
> > up
> > to 15 people), but if all you need is an email client/server for
> > personal use that seems a bit steep.
> > 
> > I'd definitely prefer to ditch proprietary cloud services like
> > Gmail,
> > but it just seems like nothing else is comparable yet.
> 
> 
> Rich,
> 
> It depends on how you define 'do native android.'  I run Zimbra
> personally and professionally and a combination of imap and caldav
> works very well on the iPhone with Open Source Zimbra. I have
> limited Android experience.
> 
> Honestly ActiveSync is hard on the battery so even where I have the
> choice of ActiveSync+Zimbra I chose imap + caldav.  I set the phone
> to download every 15 minutes and my battery lasts well over a day,
> sometimes two depending on usage.  My (non-technical) wife uses a
> similar configuration on her iPhone to share calendars with me and
> it works very well.
> 
> -morgan
> 
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