[Kolab-devel] purpose of email-delivery in user webinterface

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Thursday 05 May 2005 14:22, Henning Holtschneider wrote:
> --On Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 13:45 +0200 Matt Douhan <matt at fruitsalad.org>
>
> wrote:
> > What is the purpose of the email delivery option in the user webinterface
> > in  kolab?
>
> The option enables Outlook users to see new email messages on foreign
> accounts. 

Yes.

> Since Outlook fetches new messages are via POP3 from INBOX and
> then Toltec puts them back on the server through IMAP in INBOX/Inbox, no
> new messages whould show up unless Outlook is running on that account
> somewhere. This is impractical for role accounts or if you want to delegate
> mailbox access to someone else while you on vacation.

Note that the Toltec Connector has to work around a technical outlook
weakness: the code to handle iCalendar seems to be in the pop3 component
of outlook. So Outlook needs to see invitation emails via pop3 to be able
to understand them.

Bernhard
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 2145 bytes
Desc: signature
URL: <http://lists.kolab.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20050509/70337421/attachment.p7s>