[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, 2013-08-29 at 10:29 +0200, Jan Schneider wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
> So, I was up for solving this problem finally but I noticed that it is
> not that easy actually. The problem in the case of a ldap source is that
> multiple emails are stored with essentially the same attributes, which
> is called 'mail'. So In the turba backends configuration file, how can I
> separate this mail attribute and assign it to an horde attribute for
> each email address in it?
>
>> --
>> Jan Schneider
>> The Horde Project
>> http://www.horde.org/
>>

With the 'emails' attribute.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/