Any recommendations for server push email using syncml and dovecot? I am familiar with Funambol for syncing pim info, but not used it for email. Are there any recommended opensource or commercial syncml servers that are known to integrate nicely with Dovecot 1.x? Googling hasn't really turned up much in the way of useful info. To mix it up a little, I was using Funambol for the Pim stuff, but ran into a bunch of issues and switched to eGroupWare which has it's own syncml ability which works quite nicely with my pda. I stopped using Funambol as the server didn't properly deal with the conversion from vcal to ical and as a result appointments synced on the pda end, always ended up 8 hours early :-( This was going from ThunderBird to Windows Mobile, so I am hoping to avoid this happening again. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. help at pdscc.com (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager)
Harondel J. Sibble schrieb:> Any recommendations for server push email using syncml and dovecot? > > I am familiar with Funambol for syncing pim info, but not used it for email. > > Are there any recommended opensource or commercial syncml servers that are > known to integrate nicely with Dovecot 1.x? Googling hasn't really turned up > much in the way of useful info. > > To mix it up a little, I was using Funambol for the Pim stuff, but ran into a > bunch of issues and switched to eGroupWare which has it's own syncml ability > which works quite nicely with my pda. I stopped using Funambol as the server > didn't properly deal with the conversion from vcal to ical and as a result > appointments synced on the pda end, always ended up 8 hours early :-( This > was going from ThunderBird to Windows Mobile, so I am hoping to avoid this > happening again.use horde webmail newest version connected to dovecot, it has a full featured syncml server for calender , tasks, addresses with funambol it works with outlook and t-bird ,mobile devices dont think of pushmail use imap idle it also support calerendering with lightning t-bird ,apple ical, in ical format -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria
Harondel J. Sibble wrote:> Any recommendations for server push email using syncml and dovecot? > > I am familiar with Funambol for syncing pim info, but not used it for email. > > Are there any recommended opensource or commercial syncml servers that are > known to integrate nicely with Dovecot 1.x? Googling hasn't really turned up > much in the way of useful info. > > To mix it up a little, I was using Funambol for the Pim stuff, but ran into a > bunch of issues and switched to eGroupWare which has it's own syncml ability > which works quite nicely with my pda. I stopped using Funambol as the server > didn't properly deal with the conversion from vcal to ical and as a result > appointments synced on the pda end, always ended up 8 hours early :-( This > was going from ThunderBird to Windows Mobile, so I am hoping to avoid this > happening again. >I use Funambol to push email to clients, I'm using courier at the moment (that's going to change here in a few), but using it on dovecot shouldn't matter. I ran into the time problem too, and found that I had to set the client's timezone preference and set it to force a conversion within the admin package. Steve
On 27 Aug 2008 at 11:54, Robert Schetterer wrote:> use horde webmail newest version connected to dovecot, it has a full > featured syncml server for calender , tasks, addressesHeh, I am looking for email syncing over syncml, I already have syncing of those things working with eGroupWare. All I need is email syncing working now. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. help at pdscc.com (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager)
Harondel J. Sibble schrieb:> > On 27 Aug 2008 at 11:54, Robert Schetterer wrote: > >> use horde webmail newest version connected to dovecot, it has a full >> featured syncml server for calender , tasks, addresses > > Heh, I am looking for email syncing over syncml, I already have syncing of > those things working with eGroupWare. All I need is email syncing working > now. > >what do you miss with imap ? i recently tested courier, cyrus and dovecot with horde syncml if you use i.e cyrus with all features i cant think what you might miss its full platform and os compatibel and has nearly 95 % features of paid setups like exchange outlook i dont tested egroupware but last time i looked on it it seemed to be a very nice solution ( depends on what you need ) there isnt really a need for pushmail in my mind since imap idle is there pushmail makes only lot of unneeded traffic which makes providers happy for paying it, but i see no tec reason to have it ,cause imap idle makes the same results very much cheaper and its a open well tested standart so why use other stuff fuer syncing mail ? By the way ,gmx ,sells imap idle as pushmail *g and your question isnt really related to dovecot -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria