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Hi,<br>
I have setup a kolab openpkg version 2.3.4 which currently serves a
group of 30 users. It's a mixed client environment, the majority of
users runs Outlook 2007, some have 2003, a few use Thunderbird and
one user works with Outlook 2010. For the 2010 version we purchased
the Bynari Connector. The Bynari Connector is advertised on the
Bynari Website as follows:<br>
<br>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Features:</strong>
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<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">IMAP Idle support</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">iCal/Kolab Groupware
Format Support</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Folder Sharing (RFC 4314
compatible)</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Support for Outlook
2003-2010 (full 32/64 bit support)</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Quota Support</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Out of Office</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mail Forwarding</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Terminal Services</li>
<li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Reminder Manager for
Outlook</li>
<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Roaming Profiles</li>
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After the installation we found that several functions don't work.
For example, hitting the button for out-of-office functionality just
launches an error message, saying that this function is not
licensed! Since it is part of the announced feature list on the
Bynari Website, i contacted the Bynari support and received the
following answer:<br>
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<pre wrap=""><i>>As you can see from the license those features are not licensed. They're not listed in the license. They are Premium Exchange features that need to be purchased to be >activated as it states on our website: "Bynari Outlook Connector now supports: Out of Office, Mail Forwarding, Terminal Services, Reminder Manager for Outlook! These >optional features can be purchased individually or as a discounted package. Currently Out of Office, Mail Forwarding only work with BCS’s IntelliPanel."
>Also, Out of Office, Mail Forwarding will only work if you have our Admin interface (IntelliPanel)
</i><big>Now, we're asking ourselves what we purchased this plugin for? Has anyone made similar experiences? I'm feeling like being bluffed by Bynari.
Cheers
Dirk
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