[KLUG Members] RE:Syncing multiple evolutions--Bynari?

Adam Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:16:02 -0500 (EST)


>> Unfortunately file syncing won't work.  Something is required
>> that actually
>> understands the structure of iCal and vCard files.  And to
>> work safely with
>> Evolution it needs to communicate with a running pcs (that
>> means CORBA).
>Could this also be something that the Bynari server 

Sort of, only Bynari doesn't support Evo, just Outlook.  Ximian and Bynari 
seem to have had a bit of a spat awhile back.

>and a shared directory could address?

An LDAP server will allow one to share contacts on multiple machines,  but 
it isn't quite the same as syncing two stand alone instances;  although 
that can be accomplished in a round about way.

A directory won't help with calendering unfortunately.