From: "openwebmail" To: "Alex" Subject: Re: VCard support for the addressbook patch Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:30:20 +0800 On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:41:09 -0800, Alex wrote > Hi Tung/Thomas, > > I am interested in writing a patch that would add VCard > support to the addressbook. I would like the address book to store > its information in the VCard format in order to make it more > compatible with other addressbook programs. However, before I begin > to write this patch I would like to know what you guys think of this > idea? If I convert the addressbook to read/write VCard, will you > accept the patch? I do not want to waste the time to add this > feature if you have different plans for the addressbook format and feature. > As usual, thanks for the great product and enormous time you > guys spend doing this. I have had fun submitting patches to the > calendar system and would like to keep contributing to the project. Hi Alex, You are welcomed. The addressbook is know to be one of the weak point of openwebmail, current file format is simple but very limited. I would be very glad to see your vcard implementation of addresdsbook and merge it into openwebmail. Regards. tung -- Distributed System Laboratory (http://dslab.ee.ncku.edu.tw) Department of Electrical Engineering National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.