imapsync/FAQ.d/FAQ.Contacts_Calendars.txt
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$Id: FAQ.Contacts_Calendars.txt,v 1.3 2016/05/09 13:37:21 gilles Exp gilles $
This documentation is also at http://imapsync.lamiral.info/#doc
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Imapsync issues about syncing Contacts & Calendars.
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Q. Can I copy or sync Calendar or Contacts with imapsync?
R. No, Imapsync can't migrate Contacts and Calendars.
It's because most IMAP servers don't get contacts and calendars
events via IMAP. In other words, messages synced by imapsync from
Calendars or Contacts folders are not used by email servers to set
or get the contacts or calendars.
No way via IMAP, no way via imapsync.
But see next question.
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Q. How can I copy or synchronize Calendars or Contacts?
R1. It can't be done with imapsync. See previous question for explanations.
R2. It can be done, depending on the email server softwares used.
a) From Exchange to Exchange, export contacts and calendar to
PST format files on host1 and import them on host2.
b) From Gmail to Gmail, export and import calendars in ical format,
extension for those files is .ics.
Contacts can be copied using a csv file. See the help page
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=1669027
c) Etc. Search the web. There's also specific tools and paid services.
There's no silver bullet to migrate Calendars and Contacts,
if you find one, tell me!
Also consider asking experts at Sumatra company
https://twitter.com/sumatra_dev
http://sumatra.com/
d) I plan to make tools for that but so far nothing has began
more than this discussion:
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg01797.html
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg01811.html
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