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Subject: Re: Z-Push and ActiveSync on Mac [was: Kolab on Mac OS X?]
From: Albrecht =?utf-8?q?Dre=C3=9F?= <albrecht.dress () lios-tech ! com>
Date: 2012-03-16 14:20:35
Message-ID: 201203161520.36290.albrecht.dress () lios-tech ! com
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Hi Jeroen:
Am Freitag 16 März 2012, 14:37:55 schrieb Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems):
> I don't recall this functionality / requirement having been raised
> before.
>
> FWIW, one form EWS integration is necessary for the exchange of
> Free/Busy from(/to?) Exchange 2010, but that's not the same as providing
> an emulated EWS interface to Kolab Groupware for Mac OS X clients.
>
> Could you tell me about the client software you are using, and what
> account options are available (IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV, etcetera)?
E-mail can trivially be read using Mac's integrated mail application through IMAP. This works \
perfectly, with the little drawback that it does not allow me to hide the special (Calendar, \
etc.) folders.
For calendars and address books my approach was to try the integrated Apple tools 'iCal' \
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICal> and 'Address Book' \
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Book_%28application%29>. As afaik the code base is the \
same as for the iPhone tools which *do* connect to Kolab through Z-Push, I was surprised that \
it doesn't work.
iCal seems to support CalDav/WebDav, but I don't know how to configure it in Kolab. \
Subscribing to *.ics calendar URL's works, but the calendar is read-only, and national utf8 \
characters are wrongly encoded.
No idea what might work for the address book.
The basic question is: how can I integrate a box running Mac OS X with Kolab?
I know that there were attempts to build Kontact for OS X. However, afaict, there is no \
installer-like package which can simply be used. The last time I tried it was through Macports \
source repository about a year ago, iirc it took ~72 hours (!!) on my old PowerMac G4 to \
compile, and there were still many bugs those days. Needless to say that this is not an \
acceptable approach for the "normal" user. The newest announcements are about 1 1/2 years old \
(e.g. <http://www.linux-magazin.de/Themengebiete/Special/Linuxtag-2010/News/Linuxtag-2010-KDE-Kontact-fuer-Mac-Windows-und-Mobile>; \
sorry, German...). Maybe you have more information about the current status?
Thunderbird with Synckolab might be an alternative, but this also was buggy the last time I \
tried it (which is also some months ago I must admit; will test it again).
The third option might be (as on Windows) a connector for Outlook/Mac. However, neither of \
those seems to support OS X. Needles to say I would prefer a free alternative, btw... ;-), but \
as my boss already purchased the complete M$ Office package including Outlook for his new Mac, \
it would be a solution for my current peck of trouble.
I am fully aware of the fact that Mac's are only a small fraction of the market. However, in \
particular the notebooks gained some popularity so IMHO there should be a concept how they can \
be integrated *easily* with Kolab.
Thanks, Albrecht.
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