[Kroupware] Automatic server discovery

[Steffen Hansen]

* Christoph Eckert <mchristoph.eckert@t-online.de> [Sep 26. 2002 20:26]:
> Am Donnerstag, 26. September 2002 01:32 schrieb Lutz 
> Badenheuer:
> 
> > IIRC there are three modes you can run IMAP with: online
> > mode, which does what it obviously says, offline mode,
> > similar to POP3 (fetch all messages, then delete + expunge
> > them on the server), and disconnected mode (fetch all
> > messages, but do not delete and expunge them). What you
> > mean, is disconnected mode, but don't mind: this is a part
> > of IMAP that is not really well known, even to IMAP admins
> > (neither to users :-)).
> 
> OK, IMAP will do this for Mails. What about contacts, notes 
> and all the other stuff?

Yes!
 
> How can I write dates, notes and so on, and back connected to 
> the server, I have to do thousends of clicks to get all 
> synchronized, or will everything work because I told what to 
> do in the prefs?

When using KMail and KOrganizer in "kroupware" mode, they will 
store the calendar, contacts, notes etc. in IMAP folders, so you sync
everything to the server.

This is required to support roaming.

wrk.
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Steffen Hansen

Senior Software Engineer, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB

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