[Tickets #10363] Re: Use combined Adress book as GAL

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/10363
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  Ticket             | 10363
  Updated By         | Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>
  Summary            | Use combined Adress book as GAL
  Queue              | Turba
  Version            | 3.0.4
  Type               | Enhancement
-State              | Feedback
+State              | Rejected
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> (2011-07-21 19:53) wrote:

> I don´t know if this is Iphone specific, but the Iphone keeps (with  
> activesync) one Contacts Folder on the phone which is also present  
> offline and it searches the GAL online.

Not iOS specific. That's how AS works (though different clients have  
different levels of support for the GAL.

AS, itself, only supports a single address book. What Horde does is  
merge all of your selected address books (sync_books pref) into a  
single stream, so to speak.  So, as Jan said, your device can already  
have all your contacts.  If you are concerned about a way to filter  
out infrequently used contacts so your contact list is uncluttered,  
you can assign different categories to these contacts. Most clients  
provide a way to filer the contacts based on categories/tags.

The GAL is really designed to be, well, global. I really don't think  
we should change this to contain personal address book sources.

> Another thing I have noticed (I dont want to open a new ticket  
> because I dont know whether this is a Horde or an Iphone Issue). I f  
> I have on the same Iphone 2 Exchange accounts which login to the  
> same Horde server with different users, the second user will get the  
> same sync data (calendar and contacts) as the first user not his own.

I know this was working at one point, at least on android.  Could very  
well be an iOS limitation. Please create a seperate ticket for this so  
I don't forget to look into it.