My experience with eas in a separate sogo instance is good. That separates the workloads, so users don't experience delays in webmail and dav. It is documented somewhere in the sogo website, since I am on holiday I can't look up the link easily. Next week I will be able to supply details on my setup.
- Kees Op do 28 dec. 2023 10:25 schreef qhivert <users@sogo.nu>: > Hello Jérôme, > > > > Is it a company requirement for people to use outlook on Mac? If not, tell > them to use the apple calendar where there is caldav/cardav especially if > the sync is essential. Even if they don’t want to, they will have to if > they want their event/contacts. > > However, sogo can use activesync but it’s very tedious to dimension has > this protocol will use a lot of ram and keep the connection open with a > worker/process for some times. You’ll will find the info here -> > https://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGoInstallationGuide.html#_microsoft_enterprise_activesync > > And here -> https://www.mail-archive.com/users@sogo.nu/msg20479.html > > > > Regards, > > Quentin > > > > *From:* users-requ...@sogo.nu <users-requ...@sogo.nu> *On Behalf Of *Jérôme > Melis > *Sent:* jeudi 28 décembre 2023 02:44 > *To:* Bruno CAPELETO (bruno.capel...@abcreseau.com) <users@sogo.nu> > *Subject:* Re: [SOGo] Need information about SOGo workflow > > > > Dear Bruno, > > thank you very much for your insights. > > I would rather like to avoid outlook as I know by experience how much of a > nightmare it can be. > > But if I don't find a solution quickly, I'm afraid the direction will > order a migration to MS exchange with all the headaches that implies. > > I've looked at openchange a bit and it seems it does all the work, so I'm > not sure why there's a sogo package named activesync nor why I would need > sogo in the first place if all it does is to delegate the feature I'm > looking for to a 3rd party groupware. > > That new requirements I have sound hopeless and that truly scares me but > well... I've got to do my job so I'll keep digging for a solution. > > Have a great day. > -- > > [image: Logo] <http://www.pasteur.la/> > > *Jérôme Melis* > > CTO > > Samsenthai Rd, Vientiane, Lao PDR > > [image: Tel:] +856 21 285 321 > > On 27/12/2023 15:38, Bruno CAPELETO (bruno.capel...@abcreseau.com) wrote: > > Dear Jérôme, > > I have been using SOGo for years, including ActiveSync. > > My experience with the ActiveSync protocol is not good ; it always brake > down especially with iPhone devices. > Whether it comes from SOGo, from iPhone, or whatever is never clear. > > To me - as a non-specialist - this protocol is bullshit. > > Regarding the users of Outlook : we have been spending more than 15 years > trying to get this shit work. > It simply does not. And the issue is not SOGo, or ActiveSync, or whatever. > It even does not work with MS365 : there is always from time to time a big > crash. > > I know users loves it - when it works. That is the issue. But there is no > way to get something stable over time with Outlook. > > > To get more in technical details, you have to set up ActiveSync according > to the guide. > It is not installed when you install SOGo. > > > Kind regards, > > Bruno Capeleto > > > > Le 26/12/2023 à 06:13, Jérôme Melis (j.me...@pasteur.la) a écrit : > > Hi, > > I'm interested in the SOGo groupware solution but I need to understand it > better before deciding if our institute will switch to this solution. > > So far we are using a postfix/dovecot mail server, roundcube is our > webmail. > We also have a calendar solution which is synchronizing via caldav. > > The problem with our current solution is it's not covering all our user > needs. > Some people are using outlook on a mac (or iphone) where there isn't > support for plugins, which means the caldav is unsupported too. > > I see SOGo can use ActiveSync to solve this. > But I'm not familiar with ActiveSync. > And when checking the official documentation, I only see "Outlook > Connector Configuration Guide" while v3 of SOGo was offering a "Native > Microsoft Outlook Configuration Guide". > > I did made a temporary test with the nightly build and I could > successfully connect to our self-hosted sogo server which is using > postfix's database for auth. > But from there I'm not sure what to do the next. > When pointing outlook to that host, it gives me the error: "Log onto > Exchange ActiveSync mail server (EAS): The server cannot be found." > I suppose I'm missing some understanding of the overall architecture for > this to work. > > I'm confused, is this activesync feature still available? > Is it possible to plug outlook via activesync directly to the sogo server > (which will retreive user data from postfix database) or do I have to > install a fake ldap/openchange server and duplicate my user database? > > Thanks for your help. > -- > Jérôme > > > >
