Contact Information - Collaboration

[Darin Perusich]

if you want to have multiple clients connect to on data source use ldap, 
  ldap is the standard for storing such inforamton. i have no idea is 
outlook or notes can import an ldif file, i would never use them.

let's say you can 250 contacts in you netscape address book that you're 
interested in sharing with 5, 50, or 100 other users. you could export 
those address, upload them into an OpenLAP, Novell DS, Iplanet, or any 
other LDAP server, even Active Directory. then all that those other 
users would need to do is setup there client, netscape, mozilla, outlook 
to look at the directory. you'd be all set. it's much simpiler with 
netscape then any other client that i've seen.

i'd export your outlook address to comma or tab seperated file and 
import them into netscape, which supports imports of that file type.

Wechter, Ron wrote:

> So can ldif is the standard for Netscape.  Does outlook, lotus or other PIMs
> have the ability to import LDIF or is this one of Netscapes "Grand Ideas"
> (Kind of like the whole embedded web font standard that died)?
> 
> Im just looking to have the ability to connect multiple clients to one
> source of data for my contact and addressing info (I know I know - MySQL)
> without using a databasing engine.  Eventually I would like to implement
> this where we work.  We use Outlook, Goldmine, Outlook Express, and Netscape
> 6.2.  
> 
> Is their a Utopia out there?
> 
> Ron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darin Perusich [mailto:Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: Contact Information - Collaboration
> 
> 
> the netscape address book files, something.na2 are binary file formats. 
> in netscape 4.7x you can export these files to ldif format, ldif is the 
> LDAP data interchange format. i'm currently using netscape 6.2.1beta for 
> solaris which is based on the mozilla 0.94 code base and it's missing 
> the export funcationality as well as others. a rep at sun told me that 
> all the netscape 6.2.x browsers are based off the same mozilla code base 
> so the linux and windows version might not have this either. you can 
> alway use netscape 4.7 to export you addresses or just try copying those 
> files into you .netscape directory.
> 
> Wechter, Ron wrote:
> 
> 
>>All,
>>
>> 
>>
>>Im looking for a way to store my contacts information in some sort of 
>>text file that can be imported into any other Personal Information 
>>Manager (PIM).  I know that the Vcard and Vcalendar standards exist but 
>>it is unkown exactly how to represent a vcard in TEXT format.
>>
>> 
>>
>>What am I trying to do: Wheen myself from Microsoft Products and be able 
>>to use contact information from Windows to Linux (So I dont have to 
>>retype the info over and over).
>>
>> 
>>
>>How did this come up: Netscape runs in both Linux and Windows.  Netscape 
>>6.2 can be used for email and contacts.  The contacts are NOT exportable 
>>(unless one "Prints it to a file").  When I view the default file 
>>abook.mab (Netscapes Address Book) there is alot of extraneous 
>>characters and info there to sort through.  When I print the 
>>contact/card to a file is is not in any standard viewable by any other
>>
> PIM.
> 
>> 
>>
>>Is netscape the right answer?
>>
>> 
>>
>>I viewed a website that had a Vcard link that, when clicked on, 
>>automatically imported into your PIM (Outlook, Netscape, Notes) without 
>>incident!  Thats what I want!
>>
>> 
>>
>>Help...?
>>
>> 
>>
>>Ronald K. Wechter
>>NRD Buffalo Assistant Systems Administrator
>>NRD Buffalo Webmaster
>>Navy Recruiting Department Buffalo
>>(716) 551-4901
>>
>> 
>>
>>
> 
> 


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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com