New Account Wizard

Version 0.4 will have a new account wizard to make setting up gContactSync for the first time and adding accounts easier.  The first page is for selecting an account to sync.  It finds IMAP and POP3 accounts in addition to existing gContactSync tokens so most users won’t even have to Read more…

Version 0.4.0b4 Released

Version 0.4.0b4 Version 0.4.0b4 was released today. You can download it here.  Scroll to the bottom and expand Developer Channel.  If you already downloaded a development version it will automatically update. Changes since version 0.3 Features The first sync merges existing contacts and groups/mailing lists Postal addresses are synchronized by Read more…

Moving to github

gContactSync is moving to github.  You can find the source code and report issues/request enhancements here.  Thanks to everyone at mozdev.org for hosting gContactSync these last 4.5 years! Note: This announcement is only relevant to developers and others who would like to look at gContactSync’s source code.  The add-on should Read more…

403 Errors

Several people have reported 403 errors when trying to sync contacts.  Some are using two stage authentication, others aren’t.  Some use Windows 7, others 8.1.  I haven’t been able to recreate it myself. If you see 403 errors please send me an e-mail with more details on your OS, Thunderbird Read more…