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<P>Torus</P> |
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Torus is a module to ease migration from Outlook.</PRE> |
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Torus is a module to ease migration from Outlook.</pre> |
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Torus uses CPAN's Win32::OLE to access Microsoft's MAPI locally and |
Torus uses CPAN's Win32::OLE to access Microsoft's MAPI locally and |
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CPAN's Net::LDAP to connect to a remote OpenLDAP-server (slapd).</PRE> |
CPAN's Net::LDAP to connect to a remote OpenLDAP-server (slapd).</pre> |
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Access to these storage-implementations is wrapped via Data::Storage. |
Access to these storage-implementations is wrapped via Data::Storage. |
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Core functionality of Torus is currently provided from Data::Transfer::Sync.</PRE> |
Core functionality of Torus is currently provided from Data::Transfer::Sync.</pre> |
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We are starting with Contacts/Adresses, will go along with Messages, |
We are starting with Contacts/Adresses, will go along with Messages, |
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Calendar-Items and Journaling-Features. |
Calendar-Items and Journaling-Features. |
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The "rest" should be able to be modeled and implemented on top of this.</PRE> |
The "rest" should be able to be modeled and implemented on top of this.</pre> |
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This is more a reference implementation than anything actually useful. ;-) |
This is more a reference implementation than anything actually useful. ;-) |
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You'll also like to take a look at: |
You'll also like to take a look at: |
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- Kroupware Project: <A HREF="http://kroupware.kde.org">http://kroupware.kde.org</A> |
- Kroupware Project: <a href="http://kroupware.kde.org">http://kroupware.kde.org</a> |
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- Outlook Connector Project: <A HREF="http://otlkcon.sourceforge.net">http://otlkcon.sourceforge.net</A> |
- Outlook Connector Project: <a href="http://otlkcon.sourceforge.net">http://otlkcon.sourceforge.net</a> |
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- bynari InsightConnector: <A HREF="http://bynari.net/index.php?id=7">http://bynari.net/index.php?id=7</A></PRE> |
- bynari InsightConnector: <a href="http://bynari.net/index.php?id=7">http://bynari.net/index.php?id=7</a></pre> |
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Win32::OLE |
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Net::LDAP |
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... and all their dependencies</PRE> |
... and all their dependencies</pre> |
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The Data::Storage module is Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Motl. |
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All rights reserved.</PRE> |
The Torus module is Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Andreas Motl. |
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Mail to <andreas.motl (at) ilo.de> for improvements and suggestions.</pre> |
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You may distribute it under the terms of either the GNU General Public |
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License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.</PRE> |
License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.</pre> |
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Jan Hoffmann <jan@romain-volk.com> |
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Sebastian Utz <s.utz@tunemedia.de></PRE> |
Jan Hoffmann <janosch (at) netfrag.org> |
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Sebastian Utz <su (at) rotamente.com></pre> |
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Data::Storage is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.</PRE> |
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o sync items from ldap back to outlook</PRE> |
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o sync items from ldap back to outlook</pre> |
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- outlook2ldap - essential modules: |
- outlook2ldap - essential modules: |
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- Net::LDAP |
- Net::LDAP |
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- Convert::ASN1 / BER1 |
- Convert::ASN1 / BER1 |
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o Outlook (OLE) |
o Outlook (OLE) |
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o Perl (Variables, Objects) |
o Perl (Variables, Objects) |
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o LDAP-Server (Handle) |
o LDAP-Server (Handle) |
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o for Horde: |
o for Horde: |
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o helper: some kinda "genSchema.pl" |
o helper: some kinda "genSchema.pl" |
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o app: LDAP-Browser</PRE> |
o app: LDAP-Browser</pre> |
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o split 'syncOutlookContacts.ini' into 'torus.ini' and 'outlook2ldap.ini' |
o split 'syncOutlookContacts.ini' into 'torus.ini' and 'outlook2ldap.ini' |
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o 'syncOutlookContacts.pl' reads 'outlook2ldap.ini' and runs 'feed.pl' |
o 'syncOutlookContacts.pl' reads 'outlook2ldap.ini' and runs 'feed.pl' |
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o check howto handle outlook-profile logon |
o check howto handle outlook-profile logon |
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o mode to transfer all items in bunch |
o mode to transfer all items in bunch |
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o use a news- (nntp) server to (maybe) mimic journalling-functionality</PRE> |
o use a news- (nntp) server to (maybe) mimic journalling-functionality</pre> |
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o acl based permissions (use Data::ACL?) |
o acl based permissions (use Data::ACL?) |
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o combine Torus::Xyz with Device::Xyz somehow? |
o combine Torus::Xyz with Device::Xyz somehow? |
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o assure published stuff contains no client-specific informations (HMI, ...) |
o assure published stuff contains no client-specific informations (HMI, ...) |
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... the interactive feeling/behaviour is similar to navigating in a filesystem via a commandline-interface (CLI) |
... the interactive feeling/behaviour is similar to navigating in a filesystem via a commandline-interface (CLI) |
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o sum up "must-have" features of known synchronization-tools for (e.g.) ... |
o sum up "must-have" features of known synchronization-tools for (e.g.) ... |
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o use news (the nntp-protocol) for journalling-functionality |
o use news (the nntp-protocol) for journalling-functionality |
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o have mapping stored inside ldap as well</PRE> |
o have mapping stored inside ldap as well</pre> |
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