Zarafa
Maintainers
Darrell May
Stephen Noble http://dungog.net/wiki
Description
Open Source Collaboration, providing:
- Integration with your existing Linux mailserver
- Native mobile phone support
- Outlook "Look & Feel" webaccess
- Stable Outlook sharing (100% MAPI) - MS Exchange replacement
The Community version http://forums.zarafa.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=990
Installation
Download & install ...
Zarafa rpms
http://www.zarafa.com/download-community
Distribution = Rhel 4
tar -zxvf zarafa-6.20-rhel4-i386.tar.gz yum localinstall libvmime*.rpm libical*.rpm zarafa-6*.rpm zarafa-webaccess-6*.rpm zarafa-licensed-6*.rpm
smeserver-zarafa-0.9.0-25.noarch.rpm
Note: get the rpm here:
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4891
Install a fresh SME 7.4 test server and perform the following:
# yum localinstall smeserver-zarafa-0.9.0-25.noarch.rpm
After rpm install execute the following:
# /etc/e-smith/events/actions/zarafa-install
You will be prompted to select the user plugin you wish to test. Note the ldap plugin is currently not supported in the rpm. The unix plugin reads existing SME user details but also includes groups and machine names. The db plugin is all new so you enter all the user details. In both cases the user must exist in SME first as a standard user. See the zarafa installation manual for further details on the plugins. A decision on which plugin we will choose for final deployment is still to be determined:
http://www.zarafa.com/?q=en/content/documentation
If you chose the unix plugin, run:
# /sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop $USERNAME zarafa enabled # /etc/e-smith/events/actions/qmail-update-user
If you chose the db plugin, run:
# /etc/e-smith/events/actions/zarafa-create-user
End with:
# signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
Usage
With the db method, First create a user on SME, then create a zarafa account
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/zarafa-create-user
unix and ldap automatically sync sme users
Webmail
Access with a browser,
https://server/zarafa
Outlook
To use MS Outlook
Install the zarafaclient-*.msi add-on contained in the win32 directory of zarafa-*.tar.gz
Outlook Client Send/Recieve Error 0x80070057
Outlook 2007 client generates the above error on send and receive if the Zarafa server is added to an existing profile. Creating a new clean profile solved the problem.
http://forums.zarafa.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1048
IMAP
SME and Zarafa use different folder naming.
drafts > Drafts [client specific ?, i already have Drafts in Thunderbird-2.0] sent-mail > Sent Items trash > Deleted Items junkmail > Junk E-mail
Thunderbird
The Thunderbird client uses its own Trash folder, not the Zarafa "Deleted Items" folder,
Change in the config editor
Preferences > advance > config editor > find mail.server number > new string as below
user_pref("mail.server.server5.name", "zac@232.net");
user_pref("mail.server.server5.numHdrsToKeep", 30);
user_pref("mail.server.server5.timeout", 29);
+user_pref("mail.server.server5.trash_folder_name", "Deleted Items");
Drafts and Sent Items can be changed in : Account Settings > user > Copies and Folders
If junkmail exists just delete it.
Calendar
To access the calendar functions with an iCal client eg, Thunderbird and Lighting
in Thunderbird/Lightning > New Calendar > on network > ical > http://<domain>:8088/ical/<user>/calendar/
8089 for SSL
Note, there were problems with reading events created with /webaccess, seems better with RC1
It's a know problem. Zarafa 6.30 will use CalDEV instead of iCal
Mobile synchronisation
To enable synchronization of your mobile phone through ActiveSync with Zarafa, Z-push needs to be installed.
You can find the original Z-push installation documentation here: http://download.zarafa.com/zarafa/release/docs/z-push_installation_manual.en.pdf
Download the latest Z-push version (see: http://z-push.sourceforge.net).
# wget http://download2.berlios.de/z-push/z-push-1.2.tar.gz
Extract the files:
# tar -zxvf z-push-1.2.tar.gz -C /var/www/html
'State'-dir needs to be writable for apache:
# chmod 755 /var/www/html/z-push/state # chown www:www /var/www/html/z-push/state
Expand and restart
expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf sv restart httpd-e-smith
SSL Synchronization with Windows Mobile devices
Synchronisation over a secured connection is possible if you can add your site as a trusted one with corresponding certificate on your mobile.
This is the case for Windows mobile 6 (WM6) devices. Problems should occurs on several WM5 devices, because of a bug that limits addition of certificates with that OS.
Here are the steps to add your server as a trusted platform on your WM6 mobile :
1. copy your server's certificates located in /home/e-smith/ssl.crt/ on a Windows XP/Vista computer
2. we need to transform those .crt certificates to .cer certificate ( same type of certificate but .crt are text-encoded ). To do so :
- in microsoft windows open a certificate by double clicking on it
- in "Detail" Tab pane choose "Copy to file"
- Choose Binary coded DER X.509 (.cer) format
- save resulting .cer certificates on local machine
4. transfer .cer certificates on your mobile using windows explorer
5. When done, on your WM6 mobile use file explorer to open those certificates. When opening one, the certificate is automatically added to trusted sites.
6. You can then change your Exchange server parameters to use SSL. It will be asked to reenter your password.
Know working hardware
Tested and working with WinMobile 6.1 on a HTC TyTN II over a NON SSL connection (mail-push not yet tested).
Tested and working with WinMobile 6.1 on an upgraded QTEK9100 over SSL connection. Push mail not tested.
Extras
Command line admin
man zarafa for details
List users:
/usr/bin/zarafa-admin -l
Update a user to admin status:
/usr/bin/zarafa-admin -u <username> -a 1
Migrating users and data to Zarafa
Bugs
Check your logs when troubleshooting or reporting bugs
tail -f /var/log/zarafa/* tail /var/log/slapd tail /var/log/messages
Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in bugzilla and select the smeserver-zarafa component or use this link .
Search open bugs for smeserver-zarafa at bugs.contribs.org
Zarafa: use their forum for zarafa specific bug reporting, http://forums.zarafa.com/