Contact Information - Collaboration

[Wechter, Ron]

Alrighty,

	Why netscape 6.2 -- Mozilla on Windows 2k for some reason does not
run on my system.  I know I know -- why windows 2k...Ghost Recon (No ports
yet)!

	What am I trying to do with the contacts -- First step is to share
between Netscape on Linux AND Windows.  Second step trying to find out
standards, like LDAP, where one could maintain only one main contact list
for all clients.

	I understand that 100% compatability is NEVER true BUT this type of
scenario is what corporations want in a multi-OS environment.  Also ,working
for the government, they want it all for LESS THAN 2¢ (Look at the HTML
ASCII code table for the symbol -- Hint it has to do with money :) ).

Looking into LDAP -- Since linux is free and we have about 28 P75's sitting
here ready to DRMO (Get rid of) and about 10 P350's Im sure I can implement
LDAP for free! (hehehehe)

Sincerely,
  
Ronald K. Wechter
NRD Buffalo Assistant Systems Administrator
NRD Buffalo Webmaster
Navy Recruiting Department Buffalo
(716) 551-4901 


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Dege [mailto:rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:57 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: Re: Contact Information - Collaboration



> 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.

Trying to create a file that is 100% compatible with any other program is
impossible, since every product has their own view & style of
importing/exporting.  Are you just trying to interrelate between Netscape
for Windows/Linux, or are there other programs that you are seeking
compatibility with?

I forget who posted it, but an LDAP server is an excellent idea, except I
think it'd be overkill for what you want, and there are still some
programs that don't support LDAP.

BTW, why Netscape 6.2?  Good god man, migrate to Mozilla.  More up to
date, more stable, and doesn't include the shit that AOL believes you
should need with a Netscape distro.

Dege

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