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$Id: FAQ.Contacts_Calendars.txt,v 1.5 2017/01/06 14:11:13 gilles Exp gilles $
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This documentation is also at http://imapsync.lamiral.info/#doc
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Imapsync issues about syncing Contacts & Calendars.
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Questions anwswered in this FAQ are:
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Q. Can I copy or sync Calendar or Contacts with imapsync?
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Q. How can I avoid copying Calendar or Contacts folders?
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Q. How can I copy or synchronize Calendars or Contacts?
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Q. Can I copy or sync Calendar or Contacts with imapsync?
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R. No, Imapsync can't migrate Contacts and Calendars.
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It's because most IMAP servers don't get contacts and calendars
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events via IMAP. In other words, messages synced by imapsync from
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Calendars or Contacts folders are not used by email servers to set
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or get the contacts or calendars.
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No way via IMAP, no way via imapsync.
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So it's a good idea to avoid syncing contacts and calendars.
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But see next question.
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Q. How can I avoid copying Calendar or Contacts folders?
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R1. You can avoid synchronizing Calendar or Contacts folders with
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the --exclude option. First you have to search what is their
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exact name. The folders listing printed by imapsync at the
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beginning of a run will surely help to find their names.
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Assuming their names are "Calendars" and "Contacts" use then:
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imapsync ... --exclude "Calendar" --exclude "Contacts"
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Q. How can I copy or synchronize Calendars or Contacts?
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R1. Synchronizing Calendars or Contacts can't be done with imapsync.
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See the first question for detailed explanations.
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R2. Synchronizing Calendars or Contacts can be done, not
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with imapsync, depending on the email server softwares used.
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a) From Exchange to Exchange, export contacts and calendar to
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PST format files on host1 and import them on host2.
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b) From Gmail to Gmail, export and import calendars in ical format,
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extension for those files is .ics.
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Contacts can be copied using a csv file. See the help page
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http://support.google.com/mail/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=1669027
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c) Etc. Search the web. There's also specific tools and paid services.
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There's no silver bullet to migrate Calendars and Contacts,
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if you find one, tell me!
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Also consider asking experts at Sumatra company
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https://twitter.com/sumatra_dev
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http://sumatra.com/
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d) I plan to make tools for that but so far nothing has began
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more than this discussion:
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http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg01797.html
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http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg01811.html
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