Re: [PLUG] activesync Was: Need a Groupware/Calendar Recommendation

[lee <lee@marzke.net>]

Yes,

Activesync can sync  email, cal, addbook, and todo.

Lee

Lee Marzke ãlee@marzke.netã
Sent from my Galaxy S III

-------- Original message --------
From: Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> 
Date: 04/01/2013  14:21  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> 
Subject: [PLUG] activesync  Was: Need a Groupware/Calendar Recommendation 
 

Lee, Morgan, et al:

Thanks for the advice.  I'll try Zimba in a VM.


BTW, One of the coolest features I liked about Exchange and my iPhone was the 
ability to automatically sync my address book and calendar on the device.

Is this what we mean by "activesync", which is only available on the 
commercial version?



On Monday, April 01, 2013 1:56:45 PM Morgan Jones wrote:
> Lee et al,
> 
> Unless I misunderstand your definition of native app, you can use a native
> calendar app against Zimbra--it provides CalDAV.  Apple's iCal works great
> as does the iPhone app.  I have not tried Android myself but I have
> colleagues that do.
> 
> Strictly speaking Zimbra is monolithic.  Though it uses OpenLDAP, Postfix,
> nginx etc. the meat of the product (web client, imap, pop and lmtp) are all
> custom implementations in their Java application.  Decoupling Calendaring
> for instance is essentially impossible.  You can set up an account for
> calendar only access through the CoS but at least last I checked it doesn't
> work well as calendaring uses email to send/receive meeting requests and
> similar.
> 
> 
> Casey,
> 
> I use and like Zimbra myself both personally and professionally but unless
> you are looking to replace your existing mail solution it is not a good fit
> for your calendaring needs.  If you are thinking of trying Zimbra your best
> bet is to dedicate a machine (VM is fine) with enough resources and it
> should work well for you.  Zimbra prefers to be the only think on the host.
>  As Lee said the single server install is straightforward.
> 
> -morgan
> 
> On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Lee H. Marzke wrote:
> > FYI,  if you don't need a native app calendar then this may work:
> > 
> > Zimbra has a java mobile web client in the free opensource edition that
> > provides email, calendar and address book to mobile clients ( and an AJAX
> > full client for desktop)
> > 
> > FYI,  Zimbra is not a large monolithic solution, the open source solution
> > is composed of:
> > 
> > - postfix MTA
> > - mysql DB
> > - openLDAP directory
> > - custom LDAP schema's
> > - amavis, spamassassin and clamAV
> > - imap/pop proxy,  http reverse proxy
> > - carDAV, calDAV,  iCal , etc.  ( but not sync )
> > - custom AJAX web client,  java mobile web client.
> > - lucine content index
> > 
> > Installation involves just answering questions,  and it all is running in
> > about an hour for single server install.   All configuration items go
> > into LDAP not config files.   Users can authenticate internally or
> > to LDAP or AD.
> > 
> > 
> > The commercial version adds:
> > 
> > - active sync for mobile
> > - mobile management ( min length password on device, device wipe, etc. )
> > - legal holds  ( archive mbox's when requested to not delete mail by
> > pending legal action ) - legal search ( search all mailboxes in domain by
> > keyword )
> > - realtime backup, clustering, multi-tennancy
> > 
> > The packaged software is designed to scale out ( multi-server ) to 250,000
> > user mboxes or more which is why all the configuration is stored in LDAP
> > ,  yet the same software runs on one server with a trivial install.
> > 
> > Lee
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> >> From: "Casey Bralla" <MailList@nerdworld.org>
> >> To: "PLUG Philadelphia Linux Users Group" <PLUG@lists.phillylinux.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, 1 April, 2013 7:42:48 AM
> >> Subject: [PLUG] Need a Groupware/Calendar Recommendation
> >> 
> >> I've suddenly found myself unemployed and no longer able to connect
> >> to my ex-
> >> employer's MS Exchange on my smart phone.   Although I have a backup
> >> copy of
> >> my Outlook pst file, I'm basically without an electronic calendar.
> >> 
> >> I'm therefore looking for an electronic calendar that can be accessed
> >> both
> >> remotely and locally.  It doesn't have to be "groupware" per se, but
> >> that
> >> would be nice.
> >> 
> >> I've got a permanent internet connection to run servers (I'm running
> >> IMAP
> >> servers now), so I'm looking for a recommendation from the group on a
> >> good
> >> calendar-type service.
> >> 
> >> Anybody have a recommendation?
> >> 
> >> TIA!
> >> --
> >> 
> >> Casey Bralla
> >> 
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