IMAP Address Book

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Harry Stangel

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Jan 4, 2007, 7:46:03 PM1/4/07

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I'd like Thunderbird to implement an IMAP Address Book option, in
addition to local and LDAP address books. Pine does it now, TB can do
it better!

Why?
- A user can have One True Address Book, accessible from any host with
an IMAP client, including a webmail app.
- A user can create/access shared address books.
- IMAP entries are easily searchable on the server side.
- LDAP is not available to most users, and LDAP entries are currently
not mutable by TB.

How?
- Store each contact as a standards-compliant (RFC2426) vCard entry in
the IMAP folder, perhaps with the contact name as the 'Subject:'
header.
- Provide import/export routines to/from other address book formats.