[Leaplist] PIM data sharing - update on what's working so far

[Jason Boxman]

Dan Cherry wrote:
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> My address book is now stored in a single vcard file on a webDAV server 
> running on  apache2 (https).  and accessible by Kmail, Evolution, Thunderbird 
> (using an expanded ab plugin for import), and in a pinch, any browser that can 
> display or download the vcard text file, since the format is easily human 
> readable.  Note: one of the clients used individual vcard files, while the 
> others use a single vcard file.  Both worked fine.

That's very encouraging.  Thank you!

> My calendar and to-do lists are now stored in a postgresql database front-
> ended by daviCal.  Davical in turn is also running on apache2(https), and 
> accessible directly by Kmail, Evolution, and Thunderbird/Lightning.  Note, 
> each of these clients can in turn export to ical files if you need a common 
> standard file for other purposes.

I do that for office stuff.  For personal stuff, I've been giving Google 
Calendar a go.  For TODO, I've been abusing Remember the Milk which has 
an ICS feed.  It can also be added to Google Calendar, although the 
tasks are displayed on their due date and mine are just a list of things 
to do "eventually" and are dateless.

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> One last suggestion for anybody interested in playing with this stuff.  There 
> are quite a few tutorials and how-to's out on the web.  Be very careful to get 
> the latest, or at least ones that match the versions of the software you are 
> using - there are a lot of configuration differences, especially in daviCal as 
> newer versions emerged.  John Simpson's website is your friend if you try your 
> hand at daviCal, but be sure to go through several how-to's to digest what is 
> being done for different configurations.

I installed DAViCal on Etch.  The process ought to be the same for Lenny 
I'd imagine.

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