[turba] synchronization with desktop app?

[Michael Rubinsky]

Not sure I completely understand what your asking for, but why doesn't LDAP 
fit the bill for you?  You could also use an application like Mulberry 
(www.cyrusoft.com) which supports IMSP contacts...which Turba supports as 
well.  Thus you will have all your contacts on one server, with the ability 
to access it either over WAN or LAN (depending on the server set up, of 
course).

Hope this helps.
Mike

--On Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:01 PM -0700 turba-request at lists.horde.org 
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:03:06 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
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> To me, the strongest feature of [Exchange, Outlook, and Outlook Web
> Access (OWA)] is the ability to enter contact info in Outlook, then
> view it later in OWA, and vice versa.  You can also view it on your
> secondary laptop in Outlook.  This is because Exchange offers
> synchronization (even across a WAN) whereby everything that is stored
> on the Exchange server is stored locally on the PC as well.  Users get
> the benefit of a great desktop application for the majority of their
> use, but also have the benefit of access to their data on the go.
>
> SO...
>
> 1.  Is there a way to achieve similar functionality using Turba, and
> any Windows LDAP client(s)?
>
> 2.  Is there any other contact management system that works the same
> way Exchange does? I know for a fact ACT! does not truly work the
> same way because the only way to use the winclient is if the Winclient
> is on the same LAN as the server--you can't use the winclient over a
> WAN--you have to use the webaccess version.


> Thank you
> --Jay