[Kolab-devel] Kontact E5 questions

Geoff Nordli geoffn at gnaa.net
Wed Jun 22 16:20:34 CEST 2011


Thanks for your reply Bernhard.
>
>Hi Geoff,
>
>Am Dienstag, 21. Juni 2011 23:56:40 schrieb Geoff Nordli:
>> I installed E5 again on Windows 7 64bit to see what functionality currently
>> exists.  As a bonus the client looks really pretty.  J
>
>thanks for trying. I assume you've tried RouchCut Version
>Kolab-E5RC-2011-06-15-19-24.exe as linked from
>http://wiki.kolab.org/Kontact_for_Windows_(Enterprise-5)

Yes, that is the version I installed.  

>
>> Is there documentation anywhere that describes how to configure it with a
>> Kolab server?
>
>Just select "Kolab Server" in the account wizard with your address,
>server and password. That should set up things nicely.
>Help us to improve the documentation starting in the wiki,
>if you need more. Probably pointers to other documentation
>would be cool to have there as well.

Wow!!  Going through the wizard made a huge difference.   :)

>
>> How do I configure the client so when I type an email address it does
>> "auto-complete"?  It seems I need to query ldap for that, but there is no
>> ldap client for Kontact on Windows.

>As far as I remember this is currently not fully implemented on window.
>If it works, the account wizard will enter your Kolab Server as first
>directory server to query.
>

Yes, it does auto-complete when it searches for address.  

>> Can I do S/MIME?
>
>The current roughcut version and gpg4win versions slightly missmatch. All the
>functions are there, once this has been matched S/MIME will work as nicely as
>everywhere with Kontact.


Another question, is there a way to remove the "local folders" options so people only see the Kolab Server data stores?

Thanks Bernhard.

Geoff 





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