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Thunderbird Contacts CardDAV doesn't support groups/lists #9226
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Sorry, I know this is not discussion thread, but can anyone find some information on WHEN thunderbird plans on rolling out this enhancement? Shouldn't be a question of "if".
Still present. In
user_manual/groupware/sync_thunderbird.rst, the native Thunderbird CardDAV section (lines 13-27) has no mention that contact groups/lists are not supported. The CardBook add-on section (line 43) is labeled as an 'alternative' without explaining why you'd choose it.A note in the native Contacts section should say that contact groups are not supported by Thunderbird's built-in CardDAV and that CardBook should be used if group sync is needed.
Nextcloud server version: 24.0.6
Nextcloud Contacts version: 4.2.2
Thunderbird version: 102.3.3
OS: Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 19044.2130
On the documentation page for Thunderbird sync (
/user_manual/groupware/sync_thunderbird.rst), the "recommended" method is to use native Thunderbird support for CardDAV contact integration. However, this method does not support contact groups. The option is greyed out:The only way I have found to accomplish this is by using a plugin like Cardbook.
I wonder why the native method is recommended? At the very least, we should add a note indicating Contact groups are not supported (which, to me, is a significant limitation).