Integrate Kolab 3.0 in an existing IMAP-Server

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

On Wednesday, October 03, 2012 06:03:07 PM Simon Lichtinghagen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it's from our home-grown user-management-software. Currently we use this
> table only for our cyrus installation.
> 

Not knowing whether you have already, you might want to have a look at a 
default next-next-finish installation of Kolab Groupware, especially 
concerning;

- The web administration panel,
- The default Cyrus IMAP settings

It is relatively easy to change the canonical mailbox names that Kolab 
Groupware uses by default (a change of "result_attribute" in /etc/imapd.conf, 
/etc/kolab/kolab.conf, /etc/roundcubemail/kolab_auth.inc.php and 
/etc/postfix/ldap/*.cf lookup table configurations, from the top of my head), 
and change or disable the recipient policy[1] to reflect related changes.

Naturally, there is or has been one or more reasons to have grown a user 
management solution yourself in the first place, but what might be worthwhile 
exploring is 1) whether a standard installation, noted a few tweaks left and 
right might be appropriate for your deployment, could work for you, and/or 2) 
what it is that would not work for you.

I reckon that, because of the annotation issues you find yourself dealing 
with, your IMAP server is running a version of Cyrus IMAP that is simply 
outdated. Upgrading to a currently supported version of Cyrus IMAP might not 
only be mandated / necessary for Kolab Groupware, but strongly recommended 
from other perspectives as well.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen

[1] http://docs.kolab.org/en-
US/Kolab_Groupware/3.0/html/Administrator_Guide/chap-Administrator_Guide-
Configuring_the_Kolab_Server.html#sect-Administrator_Guide-Recipient_Policy

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