From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sriram Karra Subject: BBDB Sync (Was: Re: [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode?) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:51:20 +0530 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b10cf7b06ec1004c309a405 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53562) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShxFI-0002ov-RI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:21:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShxFE-0006oQ-EC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:21:28 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:50916) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShxFE-0006oB-1N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:21:24 -0400 Received: by pbbrp2 with SMTP id rp2so3500609pbb.0 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:21:20 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --047d7b10cf7b06ec1004c309a405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I was searching through the list archives when I came across this old thread. I thought I would point out some recent developments in the BBDB world that might be of general interest to Emacs users. I am the author of a sync tool that can perform bi-directional sync between MS Outlook / Google Contacts / Emacs BBDB. You can set up a sync profile between any folder in one of those with any folder in any of the other two. It's been released to the bbdb-info audience, and it seems to be working quite well (no complaints yet of ASynK eating up peoples contacts.) Give it a shot by visiting the project page at: http://karra-asynk.appspot.com/ Further, BBDB v3 is getting ready to come out of alpha status, as per a recent mail on bbdb-info by the current maintainer Roland Winkler. All in all, there is some action on the BBDB side of the world, and this is a great time for the faithful to return to the fold :) -Karra ------------------ *From*: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira*Subject*:Re: [Orgmode] Re: contact management in org-mode? *Date*:Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:51:07 -0300*User-agent*:Wanderlust/2.15.6 (Almost Unreal) Emacs/23.1 Mule/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) ------------------------------ If there was someway to sync (two-way) bbdb with google contacts all problems would be solved for me, since I can sync my phone with google contacts and Evolution can read/write from/to google contacts (although nowadays I use wanderlust in Emacs instead of evolution, which obviously can use bbdb). Darlan At Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:04:18 -0400, Charles Philip Chan wrote: >* * >* Russell Adams writes:* >* * >* > I'm migrating out of it as fast as I can. The import/export tools are* >* > terrible / nonexistant unless you know elisp,* >* * >* Have you tried any of these.* >* * >* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BbdbImporters* >* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BbdbExporters* >* * >* ?* >* * >* I am currently using bbdb-vcard-import.el and bbdb-vcard-export.el with* >* no problems. I have also used bbdb-rf.el in the past.* >* * >* Charles* >* * >* -- * >* Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.* >* (By address@hidden, Mark Komarinski)* --047d7b10cf7b06ec1004c309a405 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was searching through the list archives when I came across= this old thread. I thought I would point out some recent developments in t= he BBDB world that might be of general interest to Emacs users.

I am the author of a sync tool that can perform bi-directional s= ync between MS Outlook / Google Contacts / Emacs BBDB. You can set up a syn= c profile between any folder in one of those with any folder in any of the = other two. It's been released to the bbdb-info audience, and it seems t= o be working quite well (no complaints yet of ASynK eating up peoples conta= cts.) Give it a shot by visiting the project page at: http://karra-asynk.appspot.com/

Further, BBDB v3 is getting ready to come out of alpha statu= s, as per a recent mail on bbdb-info by the current maintainer Roland Winkl= er.=A0

All in all, there is some action on the BBD= B side of the world, and this is a great time for the faithful to return to= the fold :)

-Karra

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From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
Subject:Re: [Orgmode] R= e: contact management in org-mode?
Date:Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:51:07 -0= 300
User-agen= t:Wanderlust/2.15.6 (Almost Unreal) = Emacs/23.1 Mule/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) 
If there was someway to sync (two-way) bbdb with google con=
tacts all problems
would be solved for me, since I can sync my phone with google contacts and
Evolution can read/write from/to google contacts (although nowadays I use
wanderlust in Emacs instead of evolution, which obviously can use bbdb).

Darlan

At Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:04:18 -0400,
Charles Philip Chan <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Russell Adams <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > I'm migrating out of it as fast as I can. The import/expor=
t tools are
> > terrible / nonexistant unless you know elisp,
> 
> Have you tried any of these.
> 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BbdbImporters
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BbdbExporters
> 
> ?
> 
> I am currently using bbdb-vcard-import.el and bbdb-vcard-export.el =
with
> no problems. I have also used bbdb-rf.el in the past.
> 
> Charles
> 
> -- 
> Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.
> (By address@hidden, Mark Komarinski)
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