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by Alan Williamson.
Original Post: Thunderbird ... Blackberry ... LDAP ... One Address book?
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What I need is a global address book. Sound easy doesn't it? Well it's not as easy as you think. I have a Blackberry with its own address book, I have Thunderbird with its own address book and finally I have my own paper-based address book. What I want is a solution that allows me to update one and they all have the same information.
I have looked at LDAP, hoping there would be a solution in there. However this is an area that is fraught with danger. LDAP seems straight forward enough for lookup information. Thunderbird can only lookup LDAP entries. Blackberry can import LDIF files, but can't export. I don't want a solution where I have to continually export to each device/application when I make a change.
However, finding an application that will give me the ability to update the LDAP directory, then you are whistling. Sure, plenty of apps to update/edit LDAP, but they are all way to geeky and not at all suited to the job of handling a simple address book.
So at this point I am still lost. I *think* i want to use LDAP, because it even has a lookup in my WebMail, which means I have access to my address book anywhere. But LDAP isn't completing the other side of the equation; namely updating and maintenance of the data.
Surely this problem of address books has been solved. Or is everything per-application? I have tried Google'ing this but haven't come up with any solutions.
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