Select CardDAV, fill in the address of your Nextcloud server, your user name and passwordĬlick on “Validate”, click Next, then choose the name of the addressbook and click Next again. “Adressbook > New Adressbook Remote > Next You can have TBSync and CardBook installed in parallel.Ĭlick the Cardbook icon in the upper right corner of Thunderbird: You are done and can skip the next sections (unless you need a more advanced address book)Īlternative: Using the CardBook add-on (Contacts only) ĬardBook is an advanced alternative to Thunderbird’s address book, which supports CardDAV. Henceforth, TBSync will do the work for you. TBSync will discover all address books and calenders your account has access to on the serverĬheck the box next to each calender and address book you want to have synchronised, also set how often you want them to be synchronised and push the button sychronise nowĪfter the first successful synchronisation is complete, you can close the window. Now check the box Enable and synchronize this account. In the next window, TBSync should have autodiscovered the CalDAV and CardDAV addresses. In the next window, go with the default called Automatic configuration and click nextĮnter an an account name, which you can freely choose, user name, password and the URL of your server and click next In the account manager choose “ Add account / CalDAV / CardDAV account” When they are installed, if you are on Windows, go to Extras/ Synchronisation settings (TBSync) or Edit/Synchronisation settings (TBSync) if on Linux The TBSync provider for CalDAV and CardDAV Recommended method įor this method, you need to have three add-ons installed:

Therefore, to synchronise with Nextcloud, add-ons are required, which can be easily installed through Thunderbird’s add-on manager. However, it lacks support for address book synchronisation via CardDAV and it also lacks the ability to automatically discover calendars and address books available on the server. Thunderbird is a feature-rich and mature mail client that can be turned into a full-fledged PIM.

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