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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Sharing files
From:       Holger Steffen <E_Post () holgersteffen ! online ! de>
Date:       2006-08-23 21:54:25
Message-ID: 200608232354.25827.E_Post () holgersteffen ! online ! de
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Thank you very much,
I will try it this weekend.

Greetings,
Holger

Am Mittwoch, 23. August 2006 16:54 schrieb Ingo Klöcker:
> Am Mittwoch, 23. August 2006 08:03 schrieb Holger Steffen:
> > Hi!
> >
> > is there a way to share a calendar, contacts and to-do's with a other
> > user without using kolab, opengroupware, etc ... ?
> > (We are only a business with 3 persons)
> >
> > I put the files in a directory common to the office and set the
> > permissions according, but always after somebody touched a file,
> > he is set as owner and the permissions are set according to his
> > umask, so nobody other can use it after.
> 
> You don't need to use Kolab, etc., but it's strongly advised to use 
> shared disconnected IMAP folders for sharing the data because only with 
> shared IMAP folders you get proper conflict resolution (e.g. if two of 
> you change the same event or address book entry at the same time).
> 
> To do this enable the IMAP resource functionality in KMail/Kontact 
> (Misc->Groupware) and select a folder you want to make the resource 
> folders subfolders of on your disconnected IMAP account. Then allow 
> your co-workers to access those IMAP folders and also the folder the 
> resource folders are subfolders of. They should then also enable the 
> IMAP resource functionality and use your shared IMAP folder as top 
> folder of the resource folders.
> 
> To make the new shared calendar and the address book used by Kontact add 
> a calendar of type "Calendar on IMAP Server via KMail" in the Calendar 
> component of Kontact (resp. in KOrganizer) and add an address book of 
> type "Addressbook on IMAP Server via KMail" in the Contacts component 
> of Kontact (resp. in KAddressBook).
> 
> We have some wizards for simplifying those steps for several groupware 
> servers, but unfortunately there's no wizard for the simple setup using 
> just some shared IMAP folders.
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo
> 
> 

-- 
Holger Steffen

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