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20 Sep 2010, 10:43 PM | #46 | |
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I just ran a sync and notice that it had imported a number of contacts which I *don't* want to sync, so that they don't clutter up my phone. I've added a bunch of vendors to my contacts solely so that the images in their emails will automatically load, rather than me having to click the load images link in a message. I've put them into a separate group from the rest of my addresses. Would it be possible to query a user's FM address groups and then offer a checklist of groups to sync/not sync? |
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21 Sep 2010, 12:28 AM | #47 |
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Jeremy. I thought you left Fastmail. What have I missed? You and I used to communicate a lot back in 02.
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21 Sep 2010, 10:21 AM | #48 |
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21 Sep 2010, 10:24 AM | #49 | |
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Maybe a simple solution that doesn't require a UI would be to define some particular group name, like "Ignore", which doesn't get synced in either direction. |
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23 Sep 2010, 05:19 AM | #50 | |
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About international characters:
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<Value xsi:type="xsd:base64Binary">R8ODwqlyasODwrZu</Value> Base64 decoded this is (in hex notation): 47.c3.83.c2.a9.72.6a.c3.83.c2.b6.6e Which looks most to me like UTF-8, but it is not the UTF-8 representation of the string "Gérjön", but of the string: "Gérjön". It looks to me that fastmail just somehow messes this up. Do you know how to correctly read the value send by fastmail? |
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23 Sep 2010, 11:48 AM | #51 | |
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23 Sep 2010, 05:50 PM | #52 |
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Something has changed at FM, and international chars are now broken again. If you use the sync tool, you will find any field with international chars changed to "System.Byte[]", which isn't very helpful! I've asked Rob to take a look, and will report back when it's sorted out.
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24 Sep 2010, 06:15 PM | #53 |
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I am a bit late in the game, but this is great!
I've tried it and seems to work without problems (apart from the known []Byte bug you describe above) One feature request: would it be possible to ignore certain FM contact groups (e.g. specifi.ed as a list of comma separated strings)? I have a 'safe list' group in my FM address book to whitelist certain addresses, and there is no point for me to sync them. Last edited by rabarberski : 24 Sep 2010 at 06:42 PM. |
24 Sep 2010, 06:17 PM | #54 | |
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I heard back from Rob today - he said he'd look into the Byte[] issue early next week. |
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24 Sep 2010, 06:36 PM | #55 |
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For quick access to syncing your address book, you can add a sync link to the top right fastmail page using this javascript tweak (see the wiki for details on javascript tweaks):
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/* Put sync address book link in the header */ window.addEvent('domready', function() { twkSyncStr = "<a target='_blank' href=http://sync.howard.fm/Home/Sync> Sync addresses </a>" ; $('admin').innerHTML = twkSyncStr + "<b> | </b>" + $('admin').innerHTML ; }); This code directly calls the sync function (provided you let the sync website remember your logon details). To only go to the sync logon page, remove the /Home/Sync from the URL. Last edited by rabarberski : 24 Sep 2010 at 06:47 PM. |
24 Sep 2010, 06:39 PM | #56 |
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Your solution would be fine with me as well, although I would suggest to use a more descriptive name like SyncIgnore or similar to make the intention of the group unambiguous (and prevent collisions with other users' existing group names).
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26 Sep 2010, 03:58 AM | #57 |
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Sync worked pefectly here first time.
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26 Sep 2010, 04:03 AM | #58 |
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Personally, with the /Home/Sync still in place, I still have to hit 'Sync' - which is not a problem, just FYI.
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27 Sep 2010, 06:52 PM | #59 |
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The bug with international chars showing as 'Byte[]' should now be fixed. That should be the last remaining bug - all that remains before declaring it ready for beta testing is adding automatic sync and some error handling (either by sending error summaries via email, or by having a View Log screen in the sync web interface). I may also add the ability to ignore a group - time depending.
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29 Sep 2010, 02:48 AM | #60 | |
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