Why not use org-mode? On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Alan Chandler wrote: > For a little while now I have been slightly concerned that contact/address > book management and calendar management is somewhat exposed - in that it only > exists in my iPhone. > > My contract for the phone comes to an end shortly and I will be making some > changes - I may keep the iPhone, but I could just as equally switch to an > Android model of some form. I think the time has come to do some strategic > planning on how I should really manage mail, contacts and calendars. > > My current situation is as follows:- > > Mail: > > I have a small home Debian Squeeze server running Exim (and anti-spam measures > such as spamassissin) and Courier Imap providing e-mail accounts for me, my > business and the rest of the family. I can access this inside the home via > imap and from outside the home with imaps. This has been a long term stable > platform for me and I am unlikely to want to change it. This machine also > supports my external web sites, so could be a good platform for other stuff > > I use Icedove for my mail client on my desktop - although I am not wedded to > it, I am reasonably happy with its e-mail reading facilities especially as > considerable junk comes through the spamassassin filters but its junk filters > seem to catch all the rest (and as far as I am aware I haven't seen any false > positives). > > On the otherhand, my address book in it is a mess. It seems to be full of > junk related (probably) to adding addresses from people who have sent me > stuff. > > External to the house I read my mail on my iPhone and that seems fine for me. > It took a while to get imaps working and appropriate certificates loaded (self > signed) and it would take a similar amount of time to figure how to do it with > a new phone, but I am sure that is feasible. > > Contacts: > > My master contacts list is in my iPhone and it is that I would use if asked to > find an address, telephone number or e-mail address. It is also where I add > new contacts when I get them. However, scarily, because it is a manual > process to sync the phone, I don't do it very often and even if I do, its > hidden inside my windows laptop, which I hardly ever use. > > Calendar: > > My master calendar (including my list of birthdays - so important personal > data) is also in my iPhone and at the moment that is the only device I use for > entering meetings or other events. Again is it only backed up when I do the > occassional manual syncing with itunes. > > > What I would like to achieve. > > My mail server (which is also a server for lots of other stuff) has automated > scripts which backs stuff up overnight - and indeed is where I collect > information for offsite backups too. I would ideally like to hold the master > of my calendars and contacts there too, so they could be included in this > automated backup process. An acceptable alternative is my desktop which is > also Debian and also backs up stuff automatically. However it is still > essential that the main user interface is my mobile phone - I have to check > and setup appointments whilst away from my computers. > > I would like better integration between my mobile phone and my desktop > environment in terms of calendar and contacts. In other words, I would like to > be easily able to see from my desktop what appointments I have set up, and > when I need contact information it should be accessible. This can be a web > interface if appropriate. > > However I am quite confused about what is out there and whether I need any of > it. > > I run Gnome on my desktop, but have never really got into Evolution. Why does > it have something called a data server? Can you sync phones with it? > > There seems a whole raft of groupware server packages out there providing (I > think) a web interface to e-mail calendars and contacts. Is this the way to > go? > > My iPhone is difficult to sync to other than a windows based copy of iTunes. > I am not wedded to this phone and could consider an android alternative if > that could achieve my objectives. > >
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