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- Consolidated explanatory text under 'Recommended Method' heading - Clarified 'Location' fields Signed-off-by: Elliott Partridge <elliott@bridgefusion.com>
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Synchronizing with Thunderbird
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`Thunderbird <https://www.thunderbird.net>`_ is a feature-rich and mature mail client that can be turned into a full-fledged Personal Information Manager (PIM). Since version 102, it supports address book synchronization via CardDAV and automatic discovery of calendars and address books available on the server.
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Recommended method
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Since Thunderbird 102, the CardDAV & CalDAV protocols are natively supported.
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Contacts
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#. On the address book view, click the down arrow near **New Address Book** and choose **Add CardDAV Address Book**.
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#. In the next window, type your **Username** and **Location** (Server URL).
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#. The next window will ask for your username and password for this account.
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#. The previous window will be refreshed and ask you which address books you wish to sync.
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#. Choose and then click **Continue**.
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If you later want to add a new address book, you can redo all of those steps and only the books not already synchronized will be suggested.
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Calendars
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#. Go to the calendar view in Thunderbird and select the **New Calendar...** button at the bottom of the left side panel.
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#. Choose **On the network**:
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.. image:: ../images/new_calendar.png
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#. Type your **Username** and **Location** (Server URL), then click on **Find Calendars**.
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#. Choose which calendars you want to add and click **Subscribe**
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Same thing here, if you later want to add more calendars, just redo the procedure.
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Alternative: Using the TbSync addon
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For this method, you need to have two add-ons installed:
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#. `TbSync <https://addons.thunderbird.net/en/thunderbird/addon/tbsync/>`_.
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#. `TbSync provider for CalDAV and CardDAV <https://addons.thunderbird.net/en/thunderbird/addon/dav-4-tbsync/>`_.
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When they are installed, go to **Extras**/**Synchronization settings (TbSync)** if you are on Windows, or **Edit/Synchronization settings (TbSync)** if on Linux, then:
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#. In the account manager choose **Add new account** > **CalDAV & CardDAV**
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#. In the next window, go with the default called **Automatic Configuration** and click **Next**
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#. Enter an **Account name** (which you can freely choose), a **User name**, a **Password**, the **Server URL**, and click **Next**
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#. In the next window, TbSync should have auto-discovered the CalDAV and CardDAV addresses. When it has, click **Finish**
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#. Check the **Enable and synchronize this account** box. TbSync will now discover all address books and calendars your account has access to on the server
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#. Check the box next to each calendar and address book you want to have synchronized, set how often you want them to be synchronized, and push the button **synchronize now**
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#. After the first successful synchronization is complete, you can close the window.
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Henceforth, TbSync will do the work for you. You are done with the basic configuration and can skip the next sections unless you need a more advanced address book.
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Alternative: Using the CardBook add-on (Contacts only)
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`CardBook <https://addons.thunderbird.net/en/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/>`_ is an advanced alternative to Thunderbird's address book, which supports CardDAV. You can have TbSync and CardBook installed in parallel.
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#. Click the CardBook icon in the upper right corner of Thunderbird:
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.. image:: ../images/cardbook_icon.png
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#. In CardBook:
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- Go to Address book > New Address book **Remote** > Next
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- Select **CardDAV**, fill in the address of your Nextcloud server, your user name and password
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.. image:: ../images/new_addressbook.png
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#. Click on "Validate", click Next, then choose the name of the address book and click Next again:
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.. image:: ../images/addressbook_name.png
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#. When you are finished, CardBook synchronizes your address books. You can always trigger a synchronization manually by clicking "Synchronize" in the top left corner of CardBook:
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.. image:: ../images/synchronize_cardbook.png
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