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Why can't Thunderbird sync address books between PCs?

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There's a pressing need to sync address books between instances of Thunderbird running IMAP accounts on different PCs.

The only way to do this now is the gContactSync add-on, which requires a Google Gmail account. First, it's a bit kludgy; second, Google should not be part of the equation. There needs to be a clean, all-native-Thunderbird method.

Are you going to build a solution? When?

Thank you for your attention. Thunderbird is an otherwise great product.

There's a pressing need to sync address books between instances of Thunderbird running IMAP accounts on different PCs. The only way to do this now is the gContactSync add-on, which requires a Google Gmail account. First, it's a bit kludgy; second, Google should not be part of the equation. There needs to be a clean, all-native-Thunderbird method. Are you going to build a solution? When? Thank you for your attention. Thunderbird is an otherwise great product.

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There is an Address Book Synchronizer addon that lets you use a variety of online resources, including a folder on an IMAP-connected account, ftp, or a file on Dropbox. You can use Dropbox for ics files too, and thereby get a calendar sync that is also Google-free.

Of course, using Google remains the course of least resistance, particularly if you want to share data with an Android device.

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There is an Address Book Synchronizer addon that lets you use a variety of online resources, including a folder on an IMAP-connected account, ftp, or a file on Dropbox. You can use Dropbox for ics files too, and thereby get a calendar sync that is also Google-free.

Of course, using Google remains the course of least resistance, particularly if you want to share data with an Android device.

Matt
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Expecting a client application to synchronize anything with itself is probably going to be wishful thinking.

While there is this whole generation of folks out there that appear to think a wire and plug should connect all their devices and everything should just work with one another. They are also mostly people who live in a walled garden supplied by Apple, Microsoft or Google and the dream only applies if you live a single vendor life.

The reality is Thunderbird is a client, so the developers will only ever be looking to server side synchronization, just as we have with mail and calendars. As contacts synchronization comes in many flavors we see add-ons used for the interactions as well as standards based protocols.

Thunderbird Synchronizes with LDAP servers. This are the primary contact format used in business and the Windows active directory acts as an LDAP server for outlook and exchange, just as it does for Thunderbird.

Outlook/hotmail contacts can be syncronised with the tzpush add-on (and by default windows phone as it syncs with outlook/hotmail) Google contacts with the gcontactsync add-on and by default Android phones as they all come with the tools to sync Gmail.

So we have the commercial entities like Google and Microsoft covered and LDAP to provide the glue for everyone else.

Then you can use the Addressbooks Synchronizer add-on to synchronize with your other instances using drop box or something as an intermediary. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/addressbooks-synchronizer/ but it has the drawback of having no idea about you phone contacts.

Even in the days of sneaker networking where we took everything around on a floppy disk. The disk acted at an intermediary between two clients.