CardDAV integration for contact sync

[deepdivingspearo]

Would allow users of services like OwnCloud to sync contacts seamlessly between devices/applications and Mailpile address book.

[Cathryne]

+1

[bnvk]

@deepdivingspearo @Cathryne I very much like this idea and will discuss more with the other core team members :)

[deepdivingspearo]

Excellent, thanks @brennannovak

[jkaberg]

This one is a winner, an must-have for any mail solution :)

[synapticvoid]

Yup, as soon as Mailpile has CarDAV integration, it'll become my main webmail solution!

[rsertelon]

Definitely agreeing with everyone else: this is a must have :)

[pmk1c]

There are two things that are must-haves for an email client for me: encryption and carddav!

Would love to see this in mailpile.

[ghost]

Related issue with a bounty to which you can contribute: #104

[renne]

How about Radicale? It's a a complete CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server solution written in Python. I can be embedded into Mailpile as a GIT submodule. That way it can either be started as a independent server or used as a library. If it is used as a library the storage can be encrypted by Mailpile.

So I suggest to use Radicale as Contact/Calendar backend. Mailpile can access the storage directly and mobile devices can use CalDAV/CardDAV. And we get a calendar ... ;-)

It also doesn't need another interpreter/language like Baikal (PHP).

[jkaberg]

@renne That would mean only local (aslong as you dont expose it via web) or alternativly some would end up with several calendars

[renne]

@jkaberg I'm not sure if I understood you correctly. If used as a library the GUI-frontend of Mailpile can access the Radicale storage backend directly. Mailpile can also serve contacts and calendar entries via CardDAV/CalDAV-URL on the port of it's web-interface.

[jkaberg]

@renne yes true, but for thoes who only wants to use mailpile as a local instance (not serving calendar/contacts)? or that already has a hosted calendar? bundling something like radicale might be beneficial for a select few who actully runs thire computer (or server instance) 24/7

https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=caldav&submit=search
https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=carddav&submit=search

[renne]

Just add a calendar GUI to Mailpile. Both, contact and calender part of the Mailpile GUI connect to the Radicale storage backend by using Radicale as a library. Mobile devices connect via CardDAV/CalDAV by using the Mailpile web-interface. Alternatively the Mailpile GUI can use the internal storage backend of Mailpile and Radicale uses it as storage backend, too.

So you have two options how to implement:

Mailpile GUI ---------------------------------|...................................|--> Radicale storage backend
..............................................................|---> Radicale library --|....................OR
Mobile Device ---> CardDAV/CalDAV --|...................................|--> Mailpile storage backend

(The dots are only formating the graphics)

That way the user doesn't have to install any extra package/software. He only decides if he opens the web-interface for browser and CardDAV/CalDAV.

[BjarniRunar]

This is a dup of #104, closing. I made a note there that there are many useful comments on this thread.

[BjarniRunar]

This is a dup of #104, closing. I made a note there that there are many useful comments on this thread.