[horde] How to prevent syncml from from combining multiple email addresses into one...

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Mehmet Giritli <mgiritli at giritli.eu>:

> On Thu, 2013-08-15 at 15:48 +0200, Jan Schneider wrote:
>> Zitat von Mehmet Giritli <mgiritli at giritli.eu>:
>>
>> > On Tue, 2013-08-13 at 11:06 +0200, Jan Schneider wrote:
>> >> Zitat von Mehmet Giritli <mgiritli at giritli.eu>:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I use syncml official client to sync contacts between horde with ldap
>> >> > backend and my android phone. My many contacts naturally have multiple
>> >> > email addresses. When I completely reload the device from server, I can
>> >> > see multiple emails syncing up correctly. But When I sync  
>> something from
>> >> > the device to server, contacts with multiple emails get their emails
>> >> > combined (comma seperated) into one email field on the ldap server.
>> >> >
>> >> > For the second time I had to go through my contacts and spend  
>> an hour to
>> >> > correct the corruption. Is there a way to prevent this from happening
>> >> > and still sync new contacts from device to the server?
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards.
>> >>
>> >> What is an "official syncml client"?
>> >
>> > Synthesis syncml client.
>> >
>> > http://www.synthesis.ch/
>> >
>> >
>> >> Anyway, without more information
>> >> about your address book mappings there isn't much we can tell.
>> >
>> > This is the addressbook that is selected for sync. Removed some data for
>> > privacy.
>> >
>> > $cfgSources['gollum.mehmet.sync'] = array(
>> >     'disabled' => false,
>> >      'title' => _("GOLLUM (Mehmet Sync)"),
>> >      'type' => 'ldap',
>> >      'params' => array(
>> >          'server' => '',
>> >          'port' => 389,
>> >          'tls' => true,
>> >         'version' => 3,
>> >          'root' => '',
>> >          'bind_dn' => '',
>> >          'bind_password' => '',
>> >          'dn' => array('uid'),
>> >          'objectclass' => array('top',
>> >                                 'person',
>> >                                 'organizationalPerson',
>> >                                 'inetOrgPerson',
>> >                                 'evolutionPerson'),
>> >          'scope' => 'sub',
>> >          'charset' => 'utf-8',
>> > 'filter' => '&(objectClass=person)(!(cn=admin))',
>> >
>> >      ),
>> >      'map' => array(
>> >          '__key' => 'dn',
>> >          '__uid' => 'uid',
>> >          'name' => 'cn',
>> >         'firstname' => 'givenName',
>> >         'lastname' => 'sn',
>> >         'middlenames' => 'initials',
>> >          'emails' => 'mail',
>>
>> Having a single field for all addresses is exactly what you configured here.
>>
>
> Sorry for the late reply. If I put 'email' instead, then I get only one
> email address synchronized to the device. But yea, the problem I
> mentioned can be avoided this way, I know.
>
> So, is there a way syncing multiple multiple email addresses over syncml
> without the original problem I mentioned happening?

Yes, if you use the more specialized homeEmail and workEmail Turba attributes.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
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