[kdepim-users] Understanding kmail imap resources

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 22 March 2008 13:18:41 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Saturday 22 March 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I've come to a dead end in getting imap resources to work.  The more
> > I think about it, the less I'm convinced that I understand what's
> > happening.  Where exactly does the server copy of the calendar and
> > addressbook live?
>
> They live in special folders on the mail server.
>
The ones that were created under the kmail groupware account?

Do I need to import my calendar into that one to give it a start?

> > I collect my mail as anne.  I followed
> > instructions and set up an account as groupware. I did wonder whether
> > I needed a user account and home directory for groupware - some said
> > yes, others said no.  Besides, if that is where the resources live I
> > would not have access to them from my login, would I?
>
> All you need (on the server) is an email account.
>
OK, good.

> > Then I have heard that some people have it partially working, but
> > that they don't see the whole calendar, for instance, just the
> > changes since they set up imap resources.  Is this what is supposed
> > to happen?
>
> To update the local copy and to push local changes to the server you
> have to sync with the server (i.e. you have to check the account for
> new mail).
>
This does not appear to do anything at all.  Nothing appears in the calendar 
or the addressbook.

> > I expected that a server copy would exist that could be accessed from
> > anywhere, as long as the account addressed kmail as 'groupware'.  Is
> > this not what I'm going to achieve, even if I get it working?
>
> (How does one answer such a question in English? :-) )
>
:-)

> If I understand you correctly, then this is what you are going to
> achieve, if you get it working.
>
Sounds good.

> > I've spent a lot of time on this, and I need to know whether the end
> > result is worth the effort.  If it is, I also need to know whether,
> > for instance, my husband will be able to request imap as groupware
> > and see my calendar?  It's a matter of ownership and permissions, I
> > guess.
>
> This is usually solved by making the folder holding the calendar
> accessible by your husband (e.g. via ACL provided your IMAP server
> supports this).
>
That's a question for the dovecot list, then.  But getting it working for my 
own needs is first and shouldn't have that complication.

>
> Note, that a long time ago (probably 3 years ago) I did use a shared
> IMAP folder for sharing a calendar. I have the impression that over
> time this functionality was either lost (which I very much doubt
> because it's one of the key features of the enterprise version of
> kdepim which is almost identical with the plain-vanilla version of
> kdepim since KDE 3.5.9) or made much more difficult to setup correctly.
> Or maybe it does not work with your IMAP server.
>
> FWIW, I was not able to make it work with GMail's IMAP server.
>
Thanks for answering.  I'll go to the dovecot list now, and see if they can 
help.

Anne

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