[Kolab-devel] Correct Free/Busy URL for Outlook

[Joon Radley]

Hi Michel,

Is there a way to disable or avoid the need for a user name and password as
in the Free Busy URL shown below? This URL transmits the password over an
unencrypted channel.

Best regards

Joon Radley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kolab-devel-bounces at kolab.org 
> [mailto:kolab-devel-bounces at kolab.org] On Behalf Of Michel 
> Boyer de la Giroday
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: Kolab development coordination
> Subject: Re: [Kolab-devel] Correct Free/Busy URL for Outlook
> 
> Hi Henning,
> 
> On Monday 11 April 2005 13:46, Henning Holtschneider wrote:
> > I'm currently experimenting with Kolab 2 Beta 4 and Toltec 
> Connector 
> > 2.0
> > RC1 (with Outlook 2003). I'm stuck with the correct URL syntax to 
> > retrieve other people's free/busy list.
> > There is a document called doc2.swx linked from 
> > http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Toltec_Connector which 
> explains how to 
> > set up Outlook 2003. It reads "In the 'Internet Free/Busy' 
> section of 
> > the same dialog, enter the correspondent URL for the 
> “Search location” 
> > as shown in the screen shot below:"
> > Unfortunately, the screenshot shows only parts of the URL the text 
> > refers to. Is the URL syntax so secret that it cannot be 
> written down :-/ ?
> 
> yes that has to be completed, I will add some line in the 
> doc. to make it better (clear) you could try:
> http://<userName>%40:<passwd>@%SERVER%/freebusy/%NAME%@%SERVER%.ifb
> 
> if <Username> contains @ replace it with %40
> e.g: <userName> = michel at giroday.dyndns.org 
>        <passwd> = michel
> http://michel%40giroday.dyndns.org:michel@%SERVER%/freebusy/%N
> AME%@%SERVER
> %.ifb
> 
> I hope this help
> Michel
> 
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