I use ThunderBird not Outlook, what can I do?

[cjordan]

Hi,

I just got my T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excalibur) running WM6 a couple of days ago, and I'm trying to get my contacts from my laptop to my phone. I use Thunderbird though and not outlook. The ActiveSync software tells me that I can only sync contacts if I'm using outlook on my laptop! :eek:

I can export all my contacts as a .wab file, but if WM6 uses such a file to keep contacts, then I can't find it. It just occurred to me that it might use an .xml file, but I can't find that either.

How can I get my contacts easily onto my phone? Is there some alternate software that I can use to sync?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :o)

Chris

[lafester]

is there some reason why you can't use outlook?

[outphase]

People have their reasons for not using Outlook such as cost, personal preference or operating system. You can try using mail2web to do an OTA sync, but how to get from thunderbird to mail2web is up to you.

[Speigei]

this might be of intrest to you:

http://www.birdiesync.com

[cjordan]

is there some reason why you can't use outlook?
Yeah, because it's really expensive, and I don't like it. I much prefer Thunderbird.

[cjordan]

this might be of intrest to you:

http://www.birdiesync.com

Thanks so much Speigei! I think this is exactly what I'm looking for!:D

I'll post again to let you know how things went.

Cheers mate!

[doctahjeph]

Yeah, because it's really expensive, and I don't like it. I much prefer Thunderbird.


If I am not mistaken you get Outlook for free when you buy the dash. I know I got a disk with my mda, and I am pretty sure I got one for my dash as well.

[PCTechNerd]

actually because M$ wants money, you only get a "trial" of outlook. I just downloaded the birdiesync and it works awsome.

[rabbivj]

I use Birdiesync, its actually works pretty damn well. It integrates into Lightning very well too...

[new_guy]

Is there a free program that functions like birdiesync? I just checked their site and it has onyl a 21 day trial.

[Exitao]

is there some reason why you can't use outlook?

Thunderbird can be used portably, like on a thumb drive.

If I had access to an exchange server, I wouldn't need a portable email app (except that OWA sucks donkey balls, so thunderbird is still better).

[eilering]

FinchSync (http://www.finchsync.com/) works for me.

[jfeldredge]

Is there a free program that functions like birdiesync? I just checked their site and it has onyl a 21 day trial.
I recommend the free program Funambol. I am using it to synchronize my phone and Thunderbird. It has a server program, a desktop plugin, and a phone plugin. You can set the server up on your own computer and have it sync when you are connected via USB, sync over the air to your own computer (which requires having a data plan and having an open port on your desktop machine for Funambol to connect through), or you can get a free account at my.funambol.com, which is the approach I used. It can even enable push email, fetching the email from some other email account and pushing it to the phone. I used the latter functionality for a few days, then turned it off, as having the data continuously active drained the battery pretty fast. I still use it for syncing my contacts and calendar.