Jun 2005
Evolution 2.2.2 and CGP 4.3 Calendar
25 Jun 2005 16:01
I am
sorry to report that users will not be able to easily subscribe to
calendars on CommuniGate Pro with Evolution. I did testing and
server logs reading with Evolution 2.2.2 on MacOS X to reach the
following conclusions:
1. The instructions I have for iCal would be the same instructions (maybe minor differences) for Evolution -- http://mail.stalker.com/~ab/iCal/
2. The only reason I am unable to subscribe to my CommuniGate Procalendar with Evolution is that Evolution does not yet support authenticated webcal/ical - It also does not support ssl for iCalendar.
This is now clear to me after confirming this in the roadmap for Evolution 2.4:
http://go-evolution.org/Evo2.4#Web_Calendar_Support
Unfortunately none of the Evolution developers have claimed this work yet according to the table on the page. The Mozilla Sunbird Calendar which is available for Linux does support ssl and authentication for calendars. This may be an alternative for your Linux users or they can use the Web Calendar features of CommuniGate Pro in the same manner.
There is another way to create a Calendar in Evolution and upload it to CommuniGate Pro for Reading with Evolution. This will be a publicly accessible calendar with no authentication. This is similar to a service such as http://icalshare.com which works with evolution.
This is how a user can publish public calendar from Evolution that any Evolution user (or iCalendar compatible client) will be able to subscribe to:
1. Open Evolution and select any calendar in the Evolution client that you would like to publish to the world
2. Right click on the calendar and select "Save to Disk"
3. Name the file and add the .ics extension, select the location, and make sure iCalendar format is selected (default), then click "Save As". An iCalendar file will be written to your location
4. Connect to CommuniGate Pro Webmail and select the Web Site icon or feature.
5. Choose the .ics file you saved from Evolution and upload the file to the public area of the Web Site in CGP. You can create folders if you wish, I saved my file to the root.
6. Switch back to Evolution and subscribe to the published .ics file.
New -> Calendar -> On The Web
Name: Your Preference
other options -> as desired
URL: http://server:port/~user/your_file.ics
This is one way that the Evolution features can be used. Perhaps with the method above, someone can find a faster and easier way for users to do this within the limitations of the Evolution client. I look forward to seeing the Evolution client mature to better support the built in security features of CommuniGate Proin the future.
1. The instructions I have for iCal would be the same instructions (maybe minor differences) for Evolution -- http://mail.stalker.com/~ab/iCal/
2. The only reason I am unable to subscribe to my CommuniGate Procalendar with Evolution is that Evolution does not yet support authenticated webcal/ical - It also does not support ssl for iCalendar.
This is now clear to me after confirming this in the roadmap for Evolution 2.4:
http://go-evolution.org/Evo2.4#Web_Calendar_Support
Unfortunately none of the Evolution developers have claimed this work yet according to the table on the page. The Mozilla Sunbird Calendar which is available for Linux does support ssl and authentication for calendars. This may be an alternative for your Linux users or they can use the Web Calendar features of CommuniGate Pro in the same manner.
There is another way to create a Calendar in Evolution and upload it to CommuniGate Pro for Reading with Evolution. This will be a publicly accessible calendar with no authentication. This is similar to a service such as http://icalshare.com which works with evolution.
This is how a user can publish public calendar from Evolution that any Evolution user (or iCalendar compatible client) will be able to subscribe to:
1. Open Evolution and select any calendar in the Evolution client that you would like to publish to the world
2. Right click on the calendar and select "Save to Disk"
3. Name the file and add the .ics extension, select the location, and make sure iCalendar format is selected (default), then click "Save As". An iCalendar file will be written to your location
4. Connect to CommuniGate Pro Webmail and select the Web Site icon or feature.
5. Choose the .ics file you saved from Evolution and upload the file to the public area of the Web Site in CGP. You can create folders if you wish, I saved my file to the root.
6. Switch back to Evolution and subscribe to the published .ics file.
New -> Calendar -> On The Web
Name: Your Preference
other options -> as desired
URL: http://server:port/~user/your_file.ics
This is one way that the Evolution features can be used. Perhaps with the method above, someone can find a faster and easier way for users to do this within the limitations of the Evolution client. I look forward to seeing the Evolution client mature to better support the built in security features of CommuniGate Proin the future.
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Virtual disk with CommuniGate Pro 4.3
02 Jun 2005 10:15
Subscriber's personal storage space can be
mounted in most operating systems that support virtual disks over
ftp. For example, in Windows one can open "My Computer" or Internet
Explorer and provide a URL to the users personal storage area in
CommuniGate Pro:
Note that the default ftp service on CommuniGate Pro is 8021 to avoid conflict with other software your system may have. You can change this in the server's access settings. When I provide the URL above Windows authenticates me against CommuniGate Pro:
After I authenticate successfully I have direct access to my files stored on CommuniGate Pro:
On the administration side quotas can be applied via the web admin interface for via the CLI (this can be used to create a service like gmail or sell more storage space like Apple's .mac service):
Administrators can also have access to these files:
Users can also access :
Note that the default ftp service on CommuniGate Pro is 8021 to avoid conflict with other software your system may have. You can change this in the server's access settings. When I provide the URL above Windows authenticates me against CommuniGate Pro:
After I authenticate successfully I have direct access to my files stored on CommuniGate Pro:
On the administration side quotas can be applied via the web admin interface for via the CLI (this can be used to create a service like gmail or sell more storage space like Apple's .mac service):
Administrators can also have access to these files:
Users can also access :
