Kontact, Google addressbook, calender syncing Question.

[Mike McGinn]

On Monday 23 November 2009 19:49:37 Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:09:07 -0500, Ralph DeWitt
> 
> <ralphdewitt at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Hello all:
> > I have a G1 phone from T-mobile and was wondering if there is any way to
> > keep
> > the Google address-book and calender in sync with Kontact. This could be
> > with
> > or without the G1 phone as it sync's with Google Server's on it's own?
> 
> yes, via a akonadi plugin:
> 
>   sudo apt-get install akonadi-kde-resource-googledata
> 
> Then add the google calendar and address book resource in SystemSettings |
> Advanced | Akondai setup
> 
> Also you need to add the akonadi resource into the calendar and address
> book in
>   System Settings|Advanced|KDE Resources (this may already be done)
> 
> 
> This has been working quite well for me.
> 
Is there any hope getting this working if Google hosts you mail domain and the 
mail account you want to use is not @gmail.com ??

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