Agree to all of you, as ActiveSync is easier to setup and maintain across mobile and desktop devices and is also working much more flawlessly when it comes to calendar invitations.
I submitted also a request to update the Exchange Active Sync / EWS version to support the latest features (like adding geographic locations of appointments and other) way back (2023/2024) and in the reaction by the SoGo dev team it sounded to me they want to support this. I also believe this could be a deal-breaker as also the implementation of exchange alternatives on the desktop like CalDAV are a No-Go for the majority of companies. There is a reason why Google is supporting Microsoft’s ActiveSync also ;-) Michael > Am 04.10.2025 um 10:56 schrieb Simon Wilson ([email protected]) > <[email protected]>: > > Yes, I agree with this… > > This is a potential deal-breaker for SOGo for me - every user I run and > support uses ActiveSync connectivity to phones (iOS, Nine, Samsung, others). > > MAPI would be a nightmare. > > Simon > > > > On Thursday, October 02, 2025 17:51 AEST, "Kees van Vloten" > ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> Hi Quentin and team, >> >> >> ActiveSync is great for mobile devices: >> >> Every mobile (mail-client) supports it >> Users go through one setup for mail, calendar and addressbooks, i.e. >> user-friendly setup as well. >> From my perspective ActiveSync also allows for pre-authentication, a >> poor-mans 2-factor authentication which is not possible with regular >> imap/smtp mail. >> >> It is hard to replace because users have to get instructions how to change >> the mail on their phones. >> >> I hope you can revisit the decision to stop with ActiveSync as I find it an >> easy, simple and relatively secure solution for external / mobile email. >> >> >> - Kees >> >> >> >> >> >> Op 02-10-2025 om 07:03 schreef Kai-Uwe Rommel - ARS ([email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>): >> >>> See my message to this list a couple of days ago about ActiveSync apps for >>> Android. I really also like >>> how ActiveSync works (e.g. only one account/connection to configure in one >>> single app for mail, calendar >>> and contacts). However, during the search for a suitable app I could only >>> learn that almost anyone >>> is abandoning it, even Microsoft. >>> We recently got the problem that BlueMail on Android which had supported >>> ActiveSync for a long time >>> did suddenly not work properly any longer due to its latest update. That >>> was the trigger why I searched >>> for an alternative. We had used Nine before BlueMail and when I now checked >>> Nine again I learned that >>> the vendor does no longer maintain it in favor of a new solution which is a >>> cloud based solution and >>> stores user data there. >>> So I could only decide to drop both of these and switch to Thunderbird and >>> DAVx5 on Android. >>> (We do not use iOS here. And we use Thunderbird on the Desktop, anyway.) >>> >>> Kai-Uwe Rommel >>> >>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ingo >>> Dettmar >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 10:06 AM >>> To: 'SOGo Reporter' <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>; >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Marketing Mail] Re: [SOGo] SOGo 6 no Activesync >>> Same here, we are using Nine because of the ability to import S/MIME >>> certificates within the app and it would be quite bad if we would not be >>> able to use it anymore. >>> Ingo Dettmar >>> Group IT Operations Manager >>> Aware Corporation Ltd. >>> >>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of "Daniel >>> Petrik" <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2025 2:49 PM >>> To: 'SOGo Reporter' <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: RE: [SOGo] SOGo 6 no Activesync >>> Hello, >>> >>> Have same problem, we use Nine (mail, calendar, contacts) application in >>> android mobile, and it uses active sync. >>> >>> I ask Nine support and they answer actually for mobiles is not planned MAPI >>> over HTTP. >>> >>> >>> >>> With greetings >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel Petrík >>> >>> e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>> "Alexander Ebner" >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 12:53 PM >>> To: SOGo Reporter <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: [SOGo] SOGo 6 no Activesync >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello ! >>> >>> >>> >>> I have seen that the activesync server will be replaced with MAPI over >>> HTTP. This is a big feature drop for all our customers. How ist the plan >>> from SOGo to connect mobile phones without the need of additional apps or >>> configuration in the future? >>> >>> >>> >>> MAPI over HTTP is a feature that only is used from outlook. 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