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Hi,
anyone knows how to syn calendar between thunderbird and zimbra and viceversa, zindus plugin just syn contacts. Any advice about it.
Thanks in advance

You should the lightening extension to sync Zimbra calendars with thunderbird.


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Here is a quick cheat sheet I wrote for our users, it should give you a fair idea of how to setup Thunderbird.

It does not explain all the possible features and combinations.

You will notice that you set up two Calendars, One for Calendar and one for Tasks, this is due to the way Zimbra stores entries for these features.
Hope this helps


Setup

To operate with the a Zimbra Calendar Server you will need to add two add-ons, and configure 3 services.
Required add-ons

Lightning – for calendaring and tasks

Zindus – for GAL and contact sync
Services to add

Zimbra Personal Calendar – Using Lightning

Zimbra Tasks Calendar – Using Lightning

Zimbra Global Address List and contacts – Using Zindus


To add lightning

Open Thunderbird

Select the menu Tools>Add-ons

Select Get Add-ons

In the Search box, type “Lightning”

Select Install for Lightning 1.4 (or later)

Restart Thunderbird
To add the Zimbra Calendar
Select the menu Events and Tasks>Calendar

Select the menu File>New>Calendar

Select the button for On the Network

Select Next

Under the section Format: Select the button for CalDAV
In the Location field enter:-

zimbraserver.domain/dav/email@domain/Calendar
Note">http://zimbraserver.domain/dav/email@domain/Calendar
Note: replace email@domain with your email address
Select Next

Give a name to your calendar. One that makes sense to you, eg Office, Zimbra, Work etc

Chose a color for the calendar entries

Ensure the “Show Reminders” is checked

Select your normal email address in the “E-Mail” box

Select Next

Select Finish

When/If requested to authenticate, use your email address and password


To add Zimbra Tasks

Select the menu Events and Tasks>Calendar

Select the menu File>New>Calendar

Select the button for On the Network

Select Next

Under the section Format: Select the button for CalDAV

In the Location field enter:-

zimbraserver.domain/dav/email@domain/Tasks
Note">http://zimbraserver.domain/dav/email@domain/Tasks
Note: replace email@domain with your email address
Select Next

Give a name to your Task calendar. One that makes sense to you, eg Tasks, Todo etc

Chose a color for the Task entries

Ensure the “Show Reminders” is checked

Select your normal email address in the “E-Mail” box

Select Next

Select Finish
When/If requested to authenticate, use your email address and password that you configured earlier.
To add the Zindus add-on

Open Thunderbird

Select menu Tools>Add-ons

Select Get Add-ons

In the Search box, type “zindus”

Select Install for Zindus 0.8.38 (or later)

Restart Thunderbird
To add the Zimbra Address book (GAL)
Select the menu Tools>Zindus

In the Zindus Configuration Settings box

Select Add

In the Sync With section, select Zimbra

In the Login Details section

Server URL: http://zimbraserver.domain

Email Address: youremail@domain

Password : your password

Click on Test connection. You should get a successful login message returned.

For the Global Address List (GAL):

Select Yes

Select OK
In the settings box

Select Sync Now

Once the Sync has completed, Select OK