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TrueCrypt is a great encryption utility that is available for several operating systems and uses. TrueCrypt will let you create encrypted volumes, encrypted devices, or even do whole disk encryption. I use TrueCrypt on Windows and Linux, and it's handy to be able to move encrypted volume files from one operating system to another and be able to mount them. Unfortunately, due to some disputes over licensing, Mandriva has re-branded TrueCrypt as RealCrypt and distributes it with Mandriva. I've had some problems getting the RealCrypt RPM's to work, and for this reason I decided to go ahead and install TrueCrypt 6.0 on my Mandriva 2008.1 system.

After using Roundcube for some time I thought it would be neat to expand the Addressbook functionality to include things like actual physical addresses and phone numbers to each contact record. Additionally, since Roundcube is a hosted email solution, I thought it would be nice to be able to share contacts amongst other users on the same system. By adding a flag to each record, users can share their contacts amongst one another. This is nice because it cuts down on duplicate records and allows people to look up contact information with less work.

To modify RoundCube Email to allow for expanded contacts you first need to create new fields in the database. Here are the MySQL commands, but I’m sure you can replicate them through another interface: