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$Id: FAQ.Contacts_Calendars.txt,v 1.17 2022/05/31 22:21:55 gilles Exp gilles $
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This documentation is also available online at
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/
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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/FAQ.Contacts_Calendars.txt
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Imapsync issues about syncing Contacts & Calendars.
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Questions answered in this FAQ are:
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Q. Can I copy or sync Contacts, Calendars, Tasks or Chat messages with imapsync?
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Q. How can I copy or synchronize Calendars or Contacts?
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Q. How can I avoid copying Calendar or Contacts folders?
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Now the questions again with their answers.
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Q. Can I copy or sync Contacts, Calendars, Tasks or Chat messages with imapsync?
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R. No, Imapsync can't migrate Contacts, Calendars, Tasks nor Chat messages.
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It's because most IMAP servers don't get Contacts and Calendar
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events via IMAP. In other words, messages synced by imapsync from
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Contacts/Calendars/Tasks/Chat folders are not used by email servers to set
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or get the contacts, calendars, tasks, or chat messages.
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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 when
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using imapsync. See at the end of this document
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"How can I avoid copying Calendar or Contacts folders?"
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But see also the question below
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"How can I copy or synchronize Calendars or 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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For detailed explanations, see the question above
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"Can I copy or sync Calendars or Contacts with imapsync?".
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R2. Synchronizing Calendars or Contacts can be done, not
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with imapsync, depending on the imap server software tool 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) For Outlook, use caldavsynchronizer.
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Homepage: http://caldavsynchronizer.org/
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Outlook CalDav Synchronizer is a free Outlook Plugin, which synchronizes
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events, tasks, and contacts between Outlook and Google, SOGo, Nextcloud or
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any other CalDAV or CardDAV server.
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Supported Outlook versions are Office 365, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007.
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Free and Open Source software tool.
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d) Etc. Search the web. There are 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 the Sumatra company
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https://twitter.com/sumatra_dev
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http://sumatra.com/
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e) I plan to make tools for that but so far nothing has begun
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more than this discussion:
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http://linux-france.tk/prj/imapsync_list/msg01797.html
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http://linux-france.tk/prj/imapsync_list/msg01811.html
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Q. How can I avoid copying Calendar or Contacts folders?
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R. 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 listing of folders 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:
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imapsync ... --exclude "Calendar" --exclude "Contacts"
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Be aware that this syntax will exclude all folders that have
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Calendar or Contacts in their names, as a substring,
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like "MyCalendarZ" or "TheContactsImDoneWith".
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Also, case matters: "calendar" does not match "Calendar".
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To strictly avoid only "Calendar" or "Contacts" use
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the following
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On windows:
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imapsync ... --exclude "^Calendar$" --exclude "^Contacts$"
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On Unix:
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imapsync ... --exclude '^Calendar$' --exclude '^Contacts$'
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or
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imapsync ... --exclude "^Calendar\$" --exclude "^Contacts\$"
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