[kdepim-users] Understanding kmail imap resources

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 22 March 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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?

Yes.


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

Sure. The local calendar is not automatically converted to an IMAP 
calendar.


> > > 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 suppose the calendar and the address book are still empty. (?)


Did you already try running kolabwizard as Martin suggests? Maybe the 
wizard does a few things one cannot do via the normal configuration 
dialog. At least that would explain why it seems to be very difficult 
(or impossible?) to setup the groupware functionality manually.


Regards,
Ingo
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