Tickets :: Comment on [#11692] Kolab backend: Handling of 'country' field

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Comment	> Hi, > > I'm currently testing the interoperability between Horde's Kolab > implementation and other Kolab clients. > > Kolab defines the "country" field just as a text field. Other clients > (like Outlook) write out the full country name. Horde expects a > country code, so it will hide/lose the country information. > > Two ideas to solve this: > 1. Do a country name lookup and try to match it to Horde's convention. > "Germany" -> "DE". > > 2. Allow custom strings as with the "category" tag: > Unknown categories from foreign Kolab clients just get imported. > > > Problem with the first idea is that another client won't be able read > back Horde's country code. > So essentially, if the contact gets edited in Horde, the country > information would change. > -> Probably only idea number two makes sense in the long run. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Thomas >
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