I am not using any exchange servers (or pretenders of the same) so I can't just sync it and have it automagically work.

I know that this has to be a problem that the community at large has solved, though my searching hasn't revealed anything yet.
I'm using PIM backup now to get all the goodies, but no account setup.
I did see someone was using cabarc, but they were thin on the details, and it was an old forum post elsewhere IIRC.