+A powerful extension to export and import the account settings from/to Mozilla Thunderbird. +
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--Cockatoo is a project about -implementing SIP/SIMPLE as an extension for Thunderbird (XPCOM -component/XUL interface) that enables users to phone contacts and see -their presence state. -
--Cockatoo is implemented by Filip Dalüge -as part of Google's Summer of Code. It is mentored by Brian King of MozDev and makes use of the Zap SIP stack. -
--Users shall be able to do a phone call by one -click out of their address book and to reply to emails by phone call. To -put this into practice, the open standards SIP, SDP, RTP as well as audio codecs -have to be implemented. These functionalities will be included into Thunderbird -as an XPCOM component. -
--On top of this component, an XUL interface will be set up that does -several tasks: -
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-SIP is the most used open standard for telecommunication over IP, it is -standarized by RFC 3261. As more -and more devices like notebooks carry microphones and a permanent -internet connection with them (WLAN), it is to be expected that users -will want to use their existing environment for phoning as well. -
--Especially the last mentioned feature (calling by click using the -address book) is an extremely useful capability, as address books of -many Thunderbird users already contain phone numbers. These ordinary -phone numbers can be called over a SIP provider's gateway. -
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