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Title: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: ulmus on November 16, 2012, 03:19:10 pm

Hi!
Do you plan instead of android contacts to use connection to LDAP server?
or... simply aquamail contacts with import/export?
I dont like to use android/telephone contacts in email app. Option to have contacts unbounded with telephone contacts will be fine thing to me, and LDAP will be the best:)

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on November 18, 2012, 01:06:09 am

Hi,

No plans at this time -- the app integrates with Android contacts. It doesn't really care where these contacts come from though, so if there are any sync adapters that can talk to LDAP, it *should* see those.

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: ulmus on November 18, 2012, 08:09:11 pm

I tried 'contacts in line' with ldap plug in, works great, i can search etc, but aqua-mail says that contact has no email address! Strange, cause it has for sure!

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on November 19, 2012, 02:17:12 am

If you bring up the contacts app, do those contacts (pulled up from LDAP) have email addresses?

How do they show -- same way as emails in other contacts, e.g. with a "work" / "personal" label, etc?

I don't have an LDAP server handy, or I'd try it myself -- so any info you can provide to shed light on this is welcome.

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: ulmus on November 19, 2012, 02:43:48 am

When i open contact from ldap i can see that email is in not standard prperty titled 'E-mail'. It is only online contact, not imported into android. When i click on picture to add address when i am composing new email, then i can choose from where to pick up the address: from android contacts or ldap, i am choising ldap and i can see email , then when i try to get it then aqua-mail says no email this contact has.

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on November 20, 2012, 02:47:35 am

Quote from: ulmus on November 19, 2012, 02:43:48 am

When i open contact from ldap i can see that email is in not standard prperty titled 'E-mail'. It is only online contact, not imported into android. When i click on picture to add address when i am composing new email, then i can choose from where to pick up the address: from android contacts or ldap, i am choising ldap and i can see email , then when i try to get it then aqua-mail says no email this contact has.

Do you have a link to the app?

Are you able to click the email for an LDAP contact to create a mail message?

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: ulmus on November 20, 2012, 03:34:37 am

Yes, when i open ldap and click email then i can write to that contact. Only i cant get email address when i want get address from aqua-mail.

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on November 21, 2012, 02:48:27 am

Ok, that's clearer.

I'd be happy to fix the picking and autocomplete (which I assume might be broken too), but need some info.

Could you contact the author of the LDAP app and ask "what mime type he's using to store the email address in the Android contacts database"?

This is what I need. Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: ulmus on November 21, 2012, 02:57:40 am

You will better talk to each other.
I am using 'contacts in line' with ldap plug-in, here is the link:
 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.prados.contacts

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on November 21, 2012, 03:39:39 am

Thanks, I will send him a message.

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: ulmus on December 03, 2012, 02:21:01 pm

Any news?

Title: Re: LDAP connection to contacts database
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on December 04, 2012, 03:10:45 am

No response in two weeks.