How to get started
The TbSync add-on is listed on addons.thunderbird.net (a.k.a. ATN). To install the official version of TbSync, open Mozilla Thunderbird, go to the add-on page and search for "TbSync". Install TbSync from the results list.
The official (stable) version might not be the latest release. To get the latest features, you may try the latest beta.
After the add-on has been installed successfully, the current status of the add-on is shown in the lower right corner of the main Thunderbird window. A single click on that status field will open the TbSync account manager.
Another option to open the TbSync account manager is via the "Add-on Options" menu or the "Synchronization Settings" menu entry.
There is not much to see until some accounts have been defined. Open the account actions menu in the lower left corner to add a new account.
When adding an ActiveSync account, you wil be prompted for the following details:
Choose a name to identify the new account, enter the user name (for ActiveSync that is probably an email address) and your password.
Note Most ActiveSync servers support an automated configuration process called Autodiscover. If this is not working for your ActiveSync account then you'll have to select custom configuration and enter the server details by yourself.
A fully-configured account will look like this:
Below the server settings are a few additional settings which should be self explanatory.
To connect the account and to initialize the synchronization, click on Connect account. TbSync will then retrieve and display the list of folders available on the server (the configuration options will be hidden):
TbSync supports contact folders, tasks folders and calendar folders. The default folders will be synchronized automatically. To subscribe/unsubscribe a folder, double click on it.
The status of each folder will contain the name of the local synchronized item. In this example, the default calendar of the shown Outlook account has been synchronized to a Thunderbird calendar called Kalender (Outlook) and the default address book has been synchronized to a Thunderbird address book called Kontakte (Outlook). You are free to change these auto-generated names. If you delete one of these local items, they will be recreated during the next synchronization.
At the moment, TbSync does not support push sync. Changes will only be synchronized, if you click on "Synchronize this account". However, you can enable AutoSync by settings up a sync interval in minutes. TbSync will then synchronize your account automatically.