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== Step 6: Managing Contacts with Mailcow & Android == <span id="finding-your-new-mailcow-contacts-account-in-android"></span> ==== 6.1 Finding Your New Mailcow Contacts Account in Android ==== # Open the Contacts app on your Android phone. # Tap on the menu icon (usually three lines or dots) to open settings. # Go to '''Settings'''. # Go to '''Accounts'''. # Tap '''Add Account'''. # Tap '''DAVx5 address book'''. # Enter '''DAVx5''' app as it opens automatically, click checkbox. # Once in the app, make sure your accounts are all selected & checked. # Return to the Android contacts app. # Go to '''Settings —> Accounts''' again. # Do you see the green DAVx⁵ icon & your account from Mailcow there? If so, great! # Go back to '''Settings''' in the contacts app. # Set up the '''default account for new contacts''' and the '''contacts to display''' so that your phone stores your contacts on your new Mailcow server to the account you created, and shows you contacts from your new server. # Make sure this account is checked or toggled on to display its contacts. # '''MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT CONTACTS YOU ARE VIEWING & WHERE THEY ARE BEING SAVED EARLY ON SO YOU DO NOT SCREW YOURSELF LATER! ON MY SETUP I EXPORT ALL OF MY CONTACTS TO A FILE, IMPORT THEM TO MAILCOW, AND AVOID USING THE PHONE FOR CONTACTS EVER. MORE PLACES YOU STORE CONTACTS = MORE CHANCES YOU SAVE TO THE WRONG PLACE & SCREW YOURSELF LATER!''' <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106164523457.png </gallery> </div> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:lu55028jxdhn_tmp_1f446aa8.png File:lu55028jxdhn_tmp_26bc974a.png File:lu55028jxdhn_tmp_e1f61714.png File:lu55028jxdhn_tmp_f38b22b5.png File:vlcsnap-2024-11-06-16h05m02s910.png </gallery> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106164958898.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106165036936.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106165048430.png </gallery> </div> <span id="adding-a-contact-in-mailcow-and-verifying-on-android"></span> ==== 6.2 Adding a Contact in Mailcow and Verifying on Android ==== # In the Mailcow SoGo web interface located at <code>https://192.168.5.3/SOGo/</code>, after logging in, find the option to add a new contact. # Create a test contact with a unique name (e.g., “Test Mailcow Sync”). # Save the new contact. # On your Android phone, open the DAVx⁵ app and hit refresh. # This will sync with Mailcow every 15 minutes, but if waiting 15 minutes. # Yeah, I know, I know, Google & iCloud have push… This is open source. We make sacrifices. # When you add a contact on your PHONE, it will show up on the mailcow server in SOGo immediately. But the other way around takes 15 minutes. # Open your Android Contacts app. # Browse to the address book we just added. Or, do what I suggested above and stop using your device contacts list to begin with! # Search for the unique name you gave the test contact. # The contact should appear in your list, confirming that syncing from Mailcow to Android is working. # Make sure this works both ways. Do not trust it until you test it. The worst thing in the world is losing a contact you thought you added. Ruby Lewis from Cirque Du Soleil could decide she wants to go out with you tomorrow—do you really want to lose her number because you messed up configuring <code>DAVx⁵</code>? I didn’t think so. It’s too easy to mess up this section not to double-check. <blockquote>''Trivia: I quit Avatar Studios in 2008, after working there for a year as an intern, then junior technician in the tech room. I made $7.50/hr. Had I stayed there another 8 years, I wouldn’t have started a business, a YouTube channel, or made more than $15/hr; the other technician who had a master’s degree & was 13 years my senior made $15. However, I would’ve gotten to say “hi” to Ruby Lewis in person. Would it have been worth it to not quit to meet my celebrity crush? Absolutely.'' </blockquote> '''Important Notes:''' * Make sure your OpenVPN connection is active if you’re not on your home network or this will not work. We intentionally set this server up to have no contact with the outside world with regards to contacts & calendar syncing, so your phone must be connected to your home network via VPN for this to work. * <code>DAVx⁵</code> typically syncs every 15 minutes, but you can force an immediate sync in the <code>DAVx⁵</code> app. * If contacts don’t appear immediately, wait a few minutes or try forcing a sync in both <code>DAVx⁵</code> and your Contacts app. * Remember to choose to save contacts in your Mailcow-linked address book to make sure they sync properly. <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170046456.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170349909.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170237454.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170546706.png </gallery> </div> <span id="exporting-contacts-from-your-old-address-book"></span> ==== 6.3 Exporting Contacts from Your Old Address Book ==== # In your '''Android Contacts app''', go to '''Settings'''. # Look for an option '''“Export”'''. Contacts app may be different from phone to phone, old version to new version, etc. # Choose the account you want to export from (likely your old Google account or phone storage). # Select '''Export to .vcf file'''. # Choose a location to save the file, such as your phone’s Downloads folder. <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170604109.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170623962.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170635966.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170651317.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106170701373.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106171303341.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106171535285.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106171556372.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106171747070.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106172157386.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106173758592.png </gallery> </div> <div class="figure"> <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:image-20241106174328393.png </gallery> </div> <span id="importing-contacts-into-your-new-mailcow-address-book"></span> ==== 6.4 Importing Contacts into Your New Mailcow Address Book ==== # In the contacts app, click the three horizontal bars at the top you usually click before going to settings. # Tap on your Mailcow account. # Confirm that it only has the one contact that we added. # Go back to the three-bar menu we were at before tapping the Mailcow account and tap settings. # Find the option to “Import contacts”, usually called '''import.''' # Select the <code>.vcf</code> file you exported earlier. # Choose “DAVx⁵ personal address book” or your Mailcow-linked address book as the destination. # Confirm the import. This process may take a few minutes depending on the number of contacts. # Once it is done, customize your view by clicking “contacts to display” in your settings. Turn off EVERYTHING besides the DAVx⁵ Mailcow address book. # Go back to the three-bar menu. # Click onto your DAVx⁵ Mailcow address book. Do you see your contacts? It worked. :) <gallery mode="packed-hover" heights=250 widths=400 perrow=2> File:lu55028jxdhn_tmp_c7099f8b.png </gallery> <span id="verifying-contacts-in-mailcow-web-interface"></span> ==== 6.5 Verifying Contacts in Mailcow Web Interface ==== # On your computer, open a web browser and navigate to your Mailcow server’s address. # Log in with your Mailcow credentials. Go to the webmail app, the SOGo thing. # Look for the “Contacts” or “Address Book” section. # You should see the contacts you just imported listed here. :D <span id="step-7-setting-up-and-using-your-mailcow-calendar"></span>
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