[asterisk-users] Call popups with Thunderbird (and potentially other PIMs)

[Chris Hastie]

Some of you may be interested in a project I've been keeping myself busy
with whilst convalescing - or rather, two closely related projects.

callPopPy is an incoming call popup notifier written in Python. It's
probably most useful to Linux users, but was written to be portable and
has been tested on Windows XP. It uses the starPy library to interact
with Asterisk's AMI.

callPopPy looks up incoming numbers in a SQLite database and displays
any associated name found. Which is where the second project comes in...

Squalit is an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird, the purpose of which is
to populate callPopPy's database. It exports phone numbers and display
names from Thuderbird's address book. It can export individual contacts
or entire address books, and can be configured to automatically update
the database periodically.

The two stage approach means callPopPy can potentially be integrated
with other PIMs as well.

Any feedback would be gratefully received. You can find more at

http://www.oak-wood.co.uk/callpoppy

Cheers
Chris