[Kolab-devel] Webpages improvements

[Stephan Buys]

Here goes the explanation for DirSync :-)

First terminology:
Mailbox/User - this is a user added through the Kolab Admin
interface as a User. Ie. They appear directly under
the base_dn and have mailboxes in Cyrus on their
server.
Address - this is a VCARD. Added through the Kolab
Admin interface and resides under cn=external under
the base_dn.
Addressbook peers - other servers (not your mailbox
home) that want to know about your mailboxes for LDAP
address book purposes.

The scenario:
Kolab1 (a Kolab server at a head office)
Kolab2 (a Kolab server at a branch office) 

the tools:
When I add a Mailbox/User to Kolab1 a mail message
with a LDIF (LDAP text format) MIME attachment gets
sent to Kolab2. Kolab2 then adds this information as an
Address.
Net effect: When I do a search on Kolab2 using LDAP I
will get all the local Mailboxes/Users and the
Mailbox/Users residing on Kolab1 as Address book
entries. 
I now have a Organization-wide address book and do not
have to send seperate LDAP queries to each of the
Kolab servers in the organization in order to lookup
all the users in my organization.

A bit clearer?

(PS - moderator, please delete the previous post from my
Yahoo account)

Regards,
Stephan


On Tuesday 22 July 2003 11:24, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 July 2003 09:10, Stephan Buys wrote:
> > Agreed, no use in duplicating efforts.
> >
> > Do you want me to give the Kroupware pages some
> > thought as well?
>
> Well, they are sister pages.
> Any hint are welcome.
>
> > What I have in mind for the Kolab pages next is:
> > - Resource and Utilities
> >   (This will contain addons and helper scripts)
> >   Specifically, I have a set of utilites that will
> > allow one to synchronise Kolab mailboxes accross an
> > organization (coming this week).
> >   The way it works is that when you delete/add/modify
> > a mailbox on a Kolab server it automatically notifies
> > the other servers in your org (could be external as
> > well). The recieving Kolab server then
> > adds/modifies/removes Addresses that correspond to
> > your Mailboxes. This allows for a "Global Address
> > book" in Exchange speak.
>
> I must admit, I don't fully get it yet.
> Why would someone have more than one mailbox?
>
> > - Development Roadmap/Release management
> >   (What do you guys think of this?)
>
> Should definately make a wish list
> and a possible roadmap at least for the numbering.
> We need the comments from Erfrakon for that.

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Stephan  Buys
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