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Chachazz
Click to view attachment Spicebird is a free and open source collaboration client from Synovel
Integrated e-mail, calendar and instant messaging into one suite - based on the Mozilla Platform (shares code with Thunderbird and Sunbird)


SpiceBird simplifies communication for users by providing integrated access to the various tools of collaboration in a single application. It provides easy access to various web services while users can retain all the advantages of a desktop application.

"Collaboration is much beyond e-mail communication – it's a process where individuals work together to achieve a common goal. Apart from having e-mail, instant messaging and group calendaring, an ideal collaboration system should make 'working together' possible – like creating a proposal, launching a new product, developing software, managing group knowledge and publishing websites even while working from different continents. Spicebird - the collaboration suite developed by us, creates a platform to do precisely that. In addition, Spicebird makes customization easy and ensures that the software can be adapted to your business collaboration needs."

Features for 1.0:

E-Mail
  • POP3, IMAP and SMTP protocols
  • RSS feeds to your inbox and NNTP newsgroups
  • Signing and Encryption of e-mails based on web-standards
  • Unicode support
  • Search, Spam & Phishing Detectors and custom Filters
  • Support for skins and plugins
  • Message tagging
  • Multiple Identities
Instant Messaging
  • Jabber (XMPP) protocol
  • Two user chat and group conference
Calendaring
  • Share your calendar with your friends
  • Subscribe to web-calendars using iCal
  • Easy timezone viewer
  • Tasks and Events
  • Reminders
Blogging
  • Post to your blogs, directly from the client
  • Subscribe to blogs using RSS feeds
Attributes
  • Customizable - Javascript is all you need to know to customize the application. We can help you do it too
  • Secure - The solution is based on opensource components, that are reviewed by millions of people across the world
  • Scalable - The server components can be clustered to multiple machines.
  • Standards Compliant
  • Can be easily integrated with other applications
(Update: Listed only the features for opensource client release 1.0)

More Info: SpiceBird Website
Chachazz
A tip picked up on the SF forum:

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I just copied my calendars (storage.sdb) and my adressbook (abook.mab) into the profile directory of spicebird and everything works fine.
Chachazz
About installing Extensions; frm the sourceforege forum:
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We are working on getting the addons work with spicebird. Most of them need minor modifications and we will start porting existing ones soon.
Chachazz
Spicebird Beta 0.7 Released!
This release of Spicebird adds the following functionality:
  • Chat with friends on services like Yahoo, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ and Jabber
  • Add iGoogle Gadgets to Spicebird
  • Disable the applications that are unused
  • Access Google calendar
  • Experimental support for managing blogs
  • Available in more than 10 languages
  • Basic set of add-ons
  • Import data from Thunderbird, Outlook and Outlook Express

Several support forums for Spicebird can be found @ SourceForge

Addo-ns! Add-ons! (ala mozilla style ) at Add-ons Spicebird.org

Online help @ Spicebird Wiki

Spicebird 0.7 downloads:Windows, En | Linux i686, En
http://www.spicebird.com/download

Fedora 10 users can now install Spicebird Beta 0.7 from the Fedora updates repository. Many thanks to Steven M. Parrish, Spicebird Fedora package maintainer. http://www.synovel.com/news

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