<c>User
<q>Can I use Outlook as a client?
<a>
Yes, if you only want to have emails it runs out of the box.
If you want to use the Calender and Address book you will need
an additional plugin. For limitations and plugin overview see:
http://kolab.kde.org/kolab-plugins.html
<c>Administration
<q>How can I change the password from the manager?
<a>
First change the password entry rootpw in /kolab/etc/openldap/sldap.conf
and restart the ldap server. Then change the password in
/kolab/etc/kolab/kolab.conf and then execute
/kolab/etc/kolab/kolab -v -o
<c>Administration
<q>How do I change the quota of a specific user?
<a>
You will need to login into cyrus and change
the user quota there!
Shell>cyradm localhost
cyrus>listquota USER
<c>Administration
<q>How do I change the global quota?
<a>
The global quota is use when a new user is added
as his quota. To change the global quota,
edit in the file /kolab/etc/kolab/imapd.conf
the attribute "autocreatequota".
<c>Administration
<q>How can I see the user data of the LDAP server?
<a>
You will need an ldap client.
The hardcore commandline option is ldapsearch
from openldap, but there are also more comfortable
ldap browsers and editors like GQ (http://biot.com/gq/).
own lifes already.
<c>Administration
<q>How to add more than one alias per user?
<a>
You can add additional aliases to the
/kolab/etc/kolab/virtual.template for an example
see /kolab/etc/postfix/virtual
At the end execute /kolab/etc/kolab/kolab -v -o
<c>Administration
<q>Is it possible to create some kind of mailing list using the web-administration tool?
<a>
No, not yet.
<c>Administration
<q>Has anyone had any success with reconstructing a broken Cyrus mailbox using the cyrreconstruct tool?
<a>
It appears that naming mailbox with a dot as domain separator works better:
cyrreconstruct -rf "user/myuser@mydomain.com"
<c>Administration
<q>What kind of tools exists to analyze the postfix logs?
<a>
You might have a look at isoqlog (http://www.enderunix.org/isoqlog/).
<c>Administration
<q>Does Kolab support mailing lists?
<a>
Kolab does not support mailing lists directly. However
you can add your lists in /kolab/etc/kolab/aliases.template.
This aliases.template will not automatic copied to postfix. Simply
copy it by hand to /kolab/etc/postfix/aliases. After this
execute newaliases..
<c>Installation
<q>Kolab uses OpenPKG, but what is this exactly?
<a>
If you are new to OpenPKG it is worth having a look at
the first Part (eight pages) of the OpenPKG slide set at
http://www.openpkg.org/doc/slideset/openpkg.html/ to understand the
problems OpenPKG tries to resolve, how it does so and what the target
environments are.
<c>Installation
<q>Where can I find a howto start?
<a>
You might have a look to the
http://kroupware.kde.org/howto-kolab.html page.
If you are looking for installation help for the kde client, read
http://kroupware.kde.org/howto-kolab-kde-client.html.
<c>Installation
<q>How can I add a virus filter?
<a>
Have a look to the excellent HOWTOs
on the http://www.kolab.org page.
<c>Installation
<q>How can I add a spam filter?
<a>
Have a look to the excellent HOWTOs
on the http://www.kolab.org page.See the above answer.
<c>Installation
<q>What about existing software installed on the server, does kolab replace does?
<a>
Kolab currently is packaged using the OpenPKG packaging system which also has
source package. It all installs in a seperate subdirectory (e.g. /kolab). You have
to make sure that no other software is using the ports that kolab will need!
<c>Installation
<q>I´ve installed Kolab successfully on my Debian Woody. I have also created a user using the web interface and gave him a mail-address, but it won´t work.
<a>
Use the full email address for user name and the password to login via IMAP or HORDE.