[Kolab-devel] distributionlists testing

[Mike Gabriel]

hi joon, hi gunnar,

@joon: once you have an idea how to solve this problem let us know on  
the kolab-devel list...

@gunnar: to make distlists of current toltec versions work in horde,  
we probably have to allow both MIME types  
(application/x-vnd.kolab.distribution-list and  
application/x-vnd.kolab.contact.distlist) as a distlist in horde.

i would welcome toltec to move towards kolab xml format standards, that means:

   o new toltec versions will store distlists with standard MIME type
     application/x-vnd.kolab.distribution-list

   o horde will be able to recognize and read distlists with MIME type
     application/x-vnd.kolab.contact.distlist

   o all clients try to migrate application/x-vnd.kolab.contact.distlist to
     application/x-vnd.kolab.distribution-list

DISCUSSIONS:

   o horde: smtp-address in distlists that are not in the same address  
book will
     be auto-created as new contacts

   o toltec: link smtp-addesses in a distlist to existing contact  
objects in same
     address book(?)

best and thanks for your work,
mike


Quoting Joon Radley <joon at radleys.co.za>:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I will be looking into this and should have a resolution by next week.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Joon Radley
> Radley Network Technologies CC
> Cell: +27 (0)83 368 8557
> Fax: +27 (0)12 998 4346
> E-mail: joon at radleys.co.za
> Web: www.toltec.co.za
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kolab-devel-bounces at kolab.org [mailto:kolab-devel-
>> bounces at kolab.org] On Behalf Of Mike Gabriel
>> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 7:22 PM
>> To: kolab-devel at kolab.org
>> Subject: Re: [Kolab-devel] distributionlists testing
>>
>> hi gunnar,
>>
>> Quoting Mike Gabriel <m.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de>:
>>
>>> hi gunnar,
>>>
>>> i would like to test your distlist code, but i am not sure how to set
>>> the jigsaw together.
>>>
>>> your external-horde script + patches (which?)???
>>>
>>> thanks for info,
>>> mike
>>
>> yesterday, i faced an incompatibility problem between the horde
>> distlist code and the toltec distlist handling:
>>
>> the kolab format demands this MIME type for distlists (as implemented
>> in the new horde code fragments):
>> application/x-vnd.kolab.distribution-list
>>
>> toltec uses this MIME type... (??? this is not kolab xml format
>> compliant !!!)
>> application/x-vnd.kolab.contact.distlist
>>
>> additionally, toltec adds another attachment of the MIME type:
>> application/x-outlook-tnef
>>
>> after decoding both toltec base64 encoded attachments, it seems like
>> the first (application/x-vnd.kolab.distribution-list) is fully kolab
>> xml format compliant (apart from the MIME type), and the latter adds
>> some binary stuff that helps to implement the full outlook address
>> book / distlist functionality into the kolab IMAP storage system.
>>
>> thus for kolab, we have to adapt kolab to the toltec MIME type / agree
>> on a unique MIME type with the toltec people and see what happens, if:
>>
>>   1. a horde distlist is synced into outlook/toltec (and
>> viewed+edited+synced
>>      back)
>>   2. an outlook/toltec distlist is synced to kolab and viewed/edited
>> with
>>      horde and again synced back into outlook/toltec
>>
>> are there any toltec people listening to this thread???
>>
>> best,
>> mike
>>
>>
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