[sync] Horde/ Funambol/ Outlook/Thunderbird issues

[Peter Walter]

Andreas,

Thank you very much.

Peter

lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de wrote:
> Zitat von Peter Walter <pwalter at itlsys.com>:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I am having a lot of issues with attempting to sync horde with either 
>> Thunderbird or Outlook.  I am running SME Server 7.4 os with the 
>> following horde components installed:
>>
>> horde 3.3.4 imp 4.3.4 ingo 1.2.1 kronolith 2.3.2 mnemo 2.2.2 nag 
>> 2.3.3 turba 2.3.1
>>
>> On the client side, the desktop is running Windows XP, with Outlook 
>> 2007 SP2 - Funambol Outlook connector 8.0.5, and Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 
>> - Funambol Mozilla sync 0.91.
>>
>> When syncing with Outlook,  tasks and notes seem to sync without 
>> problems. However, calendar sync causes OutlookPlugin.exe to 
>> bugcheck, and contacts sync fails due to "Sync not completed. Network 
>> error."
>
> http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/8474
> Is included in Horde 3.3.5 as far as i know for contacts i don't know.
>
>> When syncing with Thunderbird, the calendar sync and the tasks sync 
>> create duplicate records, and recreate deleted records. The contacts 
>> sync (about 2500 contacts) gives a "server timeout" error.
>
> http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/8386
> Would explain the duplicates. Is also fixed in 3.3.6 which is not out 
> yet. The "server timeout" i have never seen before with Thunderbird 
> Funambol but i have only used it with around 500 contacts so far.
>
>> I am trying to figure out whether the problems are related to the 
>> horde (and components) versions, or if the funambol implementations 
>> are simply buggy. Has anyone been able to get funambol working 
>> proberly with Outlook 2007 / Thunderbird?
>
> Funambol Outlook is buggy as hell while the Thunderbird Plugin is much 
> better even in the beta phase.
>
> Regards
>
> Andreas
>