I have been having a problem with SoGo, basicaly when I enable it with Thuderbird I am no longer able to add contacts to addrss book:
This is how I tested/how to reproduce porblem:
I did a fresh install vof thunderbird 52.2.1.
I added a IMAP email account.
I then right clicked on one of the email addresses and selected 'Add to Address Book'.
A gold star apeared by the address and it was added to the address book
I and istalled the SoGo conector/Integrator (31.0.5)
I tried adding an address and it did not work (no error, just did nothing)
I disabled the conectory and can add addresses agsin.
I also tried 31.0.4 and it does not work.
CardBook (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/) has been medioned as an alternative but I also need to sync calinders. Any Sugestions?
Ben
PS I have been told SoGo is not an acrtive project any more, real shame.
I'm using Inverse SOGo Connector 31.0.1 with Thunderbird 52.2.1 (on Linux) without any problem. So I guess, your problem is related to your server configuration.
No problem so far, the tool does what was intended.
Thunderbird can sync calendars already, can't it? Sogo Connector is for contacts/addressbooks, while Lightning handles calendars. And Lightning is basically bundled. So don't stress about that.
I have other issues with Sogo Connector. For example, it won't sync more than two email addresses per contact. That's really frustrating, since it's not uncommon to have multiple email addresses.
I hadn't heard of Cardbook, I'll check that out! (Though it has several people complaining that it's stopped working after an update.)
Hey @funkytwig, I've disabled Sogo Connector and set up Cardbook, and Cardbook is working perfectly 
I'm connected to Nextcloud rather than ownCloud, but it should work just fine for you, too.
The first run wants to import your contacts from your existing Thunderbird addressbooks. I did this, but later deleted them from Cardbook (they're static, not synchronised). I even deleted my existing (Sogo sync'd) addressbooks to ensure I was only using whatever Cardbook provided. I created a new Cardbook remote addressbook using the link provided under "ShowURL" in Contacts in Next/ownCloud.
It synchronised way quicker than Sogo Connector ever did, and better yet, it sync'd all the email addresses for a contact, not just the first two! You also have extra options about sorting and displaying contacts that you don't have via Sogo sync'd addressbooks. Actually, I think the Thunderbird devs should incorporate Cardbook by default (like they do with Lightning). Cardbook is a way better addressbook system, way better than the limited 90's style addressbooks Thunderbird has now.
Calendars are still just fine, syncing via Lightning.
There were a few reviews in Cardbooks addons page that were quite critical, claiming it doesn't work. I get the impression there was a bug in a previous version (possibly 21.5), but the current version is 21.8 and it's working perfectly with Thunderbird 52.2.1.
I hope this helps, and gives you the confidence to try it out.
Good luck, Ben!
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@DarkSteve Thanks for pointing to Cardbook. Even if SOGo Connector was still working for me, I replaced it with Cardbook for now. Really great add-on!
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Thunderbird can sync calendars out of the box. For contacts I uses a long time SoGo, actually I use the addon cardbook. Works perfect.