[kwlug-disc] Contact software

[Rashkae]

On 10-10-27 08:59 PM, Insurance Squared Inc. wrote:
> What are folks using to manage contacts?  I've decided to get rid of 
> my pile of business cards for something more permanent.
>
> I started using kaddressbook, but that seems like a fairly discrete 
> program.  Have to fire it up every time I want to look up a number, 
> which seems cumbersome.  Also doesn't seem like it integrates with 
> thunderbird, i.e the kaddressbook entries aren't visible in thunderbird.
>
> I know the answer's 'complex', but can we integrate contact software 
> like kaddress book with asterisk as well?  It'd sure be nice to just 
> scroll threw my address book on my desktop, press clickety click, and 
> have the phone dialed.  Maybe I'm getting lazy here.

I don't know about what asterisk supports or doesn't support, but the 
only contact software that I know of which "intergrates" is Ldap.