Contact Information - Collaboration

[JJ Neff]

Sounds like LDAP top me...?

jjn
--- "Wechter, Ron" <WechterR at cnrc.navy.mil> 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
> > 
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Darin Perusich
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Cognigen Corp.
> darinper at cognigencorp.com


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