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

[Mehmet Giritli]

On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 19:38 +0300, Mehmet Giritli wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 17:13 +0200, Jan Schneider wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Thanks for your email Jan but that takes me back to square one, doesn't
> it? What I had initially was:
> 
> 'emails' => 'mail'
> 
> in my backends file for ldap. This showed multiple emails and synced
> them correctly to other devices only partially:
> 
> 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.
> 
> So I changed to:
> 
> 'email' => 'mail'
> 
> But now I can only see one email address per contact in the device after
> sync. Your advice was to use homeEmail and workEmail attributes in the
> backends file, one for each email address, but I don't know how to do
> that with ldap since all email addresses are combined under 'mail' ldap
> attribute.
> 
> I hope it is clear now and sorry for the late reply which caused you to
> forget the problem...
>  

Jan, I think my message was overlooked. Can you try to answer my
question please? I want to be able to sync multiple emails with my phone
if I can...