-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 01/21/2011 05:53 AM, Donny Brooks wrote: > On 1/20/2011 1:00 PM, Brian Kirkman wrote: >> On 1/20/2011 12:29 PM, Donny Brooks wrote: >>> >>> Ok, so after a year of getting our user base ready to switch from >>> Seamonkey web/email clients to strictly SOGo web interface we hit a >>> snag. My supervisor is having a fit over the HTML/text issues with >>> the web interface of SOGo. So this is leading me to have to look into >>> the integrator and such for thunderbird. Here are a few questions: >>> >> Can you explain the issues with HTML/text a little more? Maybe >> someone has some ideas that can bring you back around to the web >> interface. (Sorry if I missed an earlier thread.) > > Basically my supervisor is upset that we will be delivering "less > functionality" than currently being used. In a typical email client you > compose a message and it is truly WYSIWYG, either text, HTML (colors and > such), or both. In the SOGo web interface if you choose "text" as the > compose message option you obviously lose the option of colors, fonts, > etc because it is just that... text. However the formatting is spot on. > If one chooses HTML it opens up the ability to change colors, font, etc > but appears "double spaced" when it actually is not. Also with the > javascript HTML editor without a firefox plugin to allow javascript > access to the clipboard you cannot right click and copy/cut/paste with > the mouse. I did find the workaround on that with the plugin though, > alas we have some end users that refuse to use anything but IE and I > have yet to have found a work around for that as of yet. Isn't this a question of a) tuning and fixing the WYSIWYG javscript editor in SOGo? and b) changing SOGo so that when you send an HTML email you also send a txt version of the same email?
Tarjei > > So what they want is a "fat client" email client that will do it all > similar to outlook. I, on the other hand as the administrator, want it > to not affect the size of their roaming profiles by keeping a local copy > of mail on their machines that is written with the profile upon > login/logout. Either way the web interface will be used for remote viewing. > >>> >>> Is there a way to have thunderbird be a TRUE IMAP client and not keep >>> a local copy of the messages on the local machine? I know about the >>> "keep a local copy of messages" checkbox but that does not seem to do >>> anything as even unchecked it seems to download and keep a copy of >>> the messages locally. >>> >>> What do I need to install? I am thoroughly confused about the >>> Integrator/Connector/Lightning stuff as I have mostly overlooked it >>> since I thought we were going to go straight web interface. >>> >> In short, you should install all three on each client. The Integrator >> takes care of all the administration, i.e. permissions, ACL control, >> etc. The great thing about the Integrator is that when customized, it >> is the only extension that needs to be deployed to each Thunderbird >> client. The Integrator will then deploy Connector and Lighting >> automatically from the SOGo server if you as the admin choose to set >> it up that way. You can then push any updates through it as well. >> Obviously Lightning adds calendar functionality to Thunderbird. The >> Connector takes care of synchronizing calendar and contact data with >> the SOGo server. Take a look at the documentation. Once you >> understand the basic setup, it will make sense. >> >> http://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGo%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird%20Configuration.pdf >> > > That makes more sense now. Basically I install/configure the integrator > and it does the rest. This should give them similar functionality to > having outlook clients correct? Just without the bloatware that is > outlook :) > >> >>> I have read the descriptions but am not clear on which one does what >>> we would need. I want the same functionality of the web interface, >>> minus the HTML/text email composition issues, but in the thunderbird >>> client. We need all email, calendar, contacts, etc in the client. >>> >>> Any guidance is welcome. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Donny B. >>> >>> MDAH >>> >> > - -- Tarjei Huse Mobil: 920 63 413 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk09VBAACgkQYVRKCnSvzfJZdwCgvpMMsXckfi6+YEoRNnAO+5Zv OJIAn1exiXmMu8fNcQgtFRB3GXA+I+n9 =WFH4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users@sogo.nu https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
