What is Turba?
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:Last update:   $Date: 2007/12/20 14:34:23 $
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:Contact:       turba@lists.horde.org

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Turba is the Horde contact management application, designed to be integrated
with other Horde applications to provide a unified interface to contact
management throughout the Horde suite. It supports SQL, LDAP, Kolab, and IMSP
address books.

This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.  OSI Certified is a
certification mark of the `Open Source Initiative`_.

.. _`Open Source Initiative`: http://www.opensource.org/


Obtaining Turba
---------------

Further information on Turba and the latest version can be obtained at

  http://www.horde.org/turba/


Documentation
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The following documentation is available in the Turba distribution:

:README_:            This file
:LICENSE_:           Copyright and license information
:`docs/CHANGES`_:    Changes by release
:`docs/CREDITS`_:    Project developers
:`docs/INSTALL`_:    Installation instructions and notes
:`docs/LDAP`_:       LDAP personal addressbook HOWTO
:`docs/TODO`_:       Development TODO list
:`docs/UPGRADING`_:  Pointers on upgrading from previous Skeleton versions


Installation
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Instructions for installing Turba can be found in the file INSTALL_ in the
``docs/`` directory of the Turba distribution.


Assistance
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If you encounter problems with Turba, help is available! 

The Horde Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ), available on the Web at
 
  http://www.horde.org/faq/

The Horde Project runs a number of mailing lists, for individual applications
and for issues relating to the project as a whole.  Information, archives, and
subscription information can be found at

  http://www.horde.org/mail/

Lastly, Horde developers, contributors and users also make occasional
appearances on IRC, on the channel #horde on the freenode Network
(irc.freenode.net).


Licensing
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For licensing and copyright information, please see the file LICENSE_ in the
Turba distribution.

Thanks,

The Turba team


.. _README: ?f=README.html
.. _LICENSE: http://www.horde.org/licenses/asl.php
.. _docs/CHANGES: ?f=CHANGES.html
.. _docs/CREDITS: ?f=CREDITS.html
.. _INSTALL:
.. _docs/INSTALL: ?f=INSTALL.html
.. _docs/LDAP: ?f=LDAP.html
.. _docs/TODO: ?f=TODO.html
.. _docs/UPGRADING: ?f=UPGRADING.html
