[ale] Contact Manager ???

[Geoffrey]

Gary MacKay wrote:
> Very good point! Yes, many of them, including myself, need to sync with 
> palm devices. I have not looked at jpilot, does it have it's own contact 
> list or does it feed from other programs?

I'm not sure what you mean by 'contact list.'  After I installed it, I 
sync'ed it with my palm, so the existing data there came from there. 
You can enter data into it as well, sync with your palm and you're good 
as well.

> 
> - Gary
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> I've heard the term 'contact manager' many times, but it appears it's 
>> different things to different people.  Anyway, are you considering the 
>> fact they may want to sync with a palm like device?
>>
>> I use jpilot with my palm.  It has a calendar with reminders, phone 
>> list, which you can break down into separate categories, todo list and 
>> a memo pad.  Probably not a fully functional CM as some folks go, but 
>> I find very few folks use the more esoteric functions of these packages.
>>
>> Jim wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday 27 August 2002 10:58 am, Gary MacKay wrote:
>>>
>>>> At the risk of starting a religeous discussion, what is avaliable in 
>>>> the
>>>> linux market for contact management, such as Act! and Goldmine?? I'm
>>>> narrowing down on a 'standard' (my guess at a standard anyway) linux
>>>> workstation to offer my clients and one area I'm not sure of is CM. 
>>>> Some
>>>> of my clients are using LookOut but most are on Act! or Goldmine. I'm
>>>> aware of the web versions like phpGroupWare, etc. but was looking for a
>>>> non-web based solution. Something to track phone calls, appointments,
>>>> etc. I looked at Evolution, but I think it must have Gnome installed to
>>>> use it and I've settled on KDE as the desktop.
>>>>
>>>> Please do not take off on tangents on why did I pick OpenOffice or KDE
>>>> or whatever. For better or worse that is where it is at for now. I just
>>>> need to find a good business solution, not home use, for CM.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you use all of the pieces of Kdepim to their fullest potential, 
>>> you will find most of the stuff you need. There is an organizer, an 
>>> address book, an alarm daemon, and the e-mail client. They all 
>>> interact together and have all of the functionality of Outlook. I am 
>>> running KDE 3.0.3 and it just keeps working together better with each 
>>> new iteration.
>>>
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