[kdepim-users] Online sync of Kontact?

[r bartlett]

But the problem with that is that Yahoo happily sells anything on its servers to any agency that asks...for about 40 dollars a pop.  In addition, I currently use Kontact to aggregate a bunch of different addresses and already ssh into it from a home server.  But there are many times when I am away from the internet and need to access my calendar or contacts, such as when I am on a train writing postcards.  At times like that it would be nice to have a non-online way to use Kontact, one which would then (if I for example added an address that someone had given me) upsync to the server the next time I am online.

I suppose the idea of not wanting Yahoo (or any megacorp) to have reams of data on me is already passe, but my question is whether there is a way to do this using Kontact and a home server...and whether Kontact can be run in an offline mode. 

Maybe I am missing the Yahoo IMAP concept but it seems like the exact opposite of what I am trying to do.  If I wanted an online calendar and addressbook, Google has them, so does Yahoo...but I want to use Kontact.

AnkiOnline (a flashcard program) has a great, totally user transparent sync...it would be hugely useful if something similar is available for Kontact as well.

Again, many thanks for any and all suggestions.  



----- Original Message ----
From: Werner Joss <werner at hoernerfranzracing.de>
To: kdepim-users at kde.org
Sent: Sat, February 6, 2010 10:37:49 AM
Subject: Re: [kdepim-users] Online sync of Kontact?

Am Saturday 06 February 2010 16:07:18 schrieb r bartlett:
> I am wondering if there is a way to sync Kontact when online in some
> fashion, and make calendar and addressbook entries when offline as well.
> 
> I would probably run some kind of kdepim server on my home machine

not necessarily.
besides the effort to set this up, you will also need to ensure it is not 
compromitted/hacked from outside.
I would recommend using the IMAP server from your ISP (yahoo, in this case - I 
suppose they offer IMAP as well as POP),
create the necessary groupware folders for contacts/calendar there and 
subscribe to those via DIMAP.
this way you get just what you want.

werner

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