[dev] ActiveSync

[Rick Romero]

Quoting Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>> Quoting Rick Romero <rick at havokmon.com>:
>   >
>
>   >> 3. I can't seem to get the Addressbook to sync.  On my account, Horde
>   >> seems to find 73 entries, then loops indefinitely and I can't  
> see anyone on
>   >> the iPad (localsql).  Likely not unrelated, I also am having issues with
>   >> turba in general.  I don't believe I have any major diff between the
>   >> default settings - localsql 'just works'.  I can't make any changes in
>   >> Turba Preferences, even on a brand-new account.  Otherwise everything
>   >> appears fine.
>   >
>   > Do you get any errors in the log(s)? Address book entries are pushed
>   > to the device, IIRC, 25 entries at a time on the i* devices. Android,
>   > IIRC, requests 5 at a time. For large address books, it can take a
>   > little bit of time to complete the sync, though you should see *some*
>   > items start appearing.  That being said, it sounds like you might
>   > have a database issue to work out. Check the horde/webserver/database
>   > logs for useful entries.  If no errors appear anywhere, and you are
>   > *sure* that all necessary database tables are present, you should
>   > read the above mentioned wiki article for how to provide information
>   > to us to help you debug the issue.
>
>   I did receive my test contact on a new account, I just didn't wait  
> long enough.  The old account I've also putzed with in the database  
> so I will dig further into that.
>
>   >
>   >> Oddity - when I modify the conf.php for Turba via the web UI,  
> the default
>   >> addressbook has my name in it. :/
>   >
>   > Not really sure what you mean by this.
>
>   I have a couple odd 'issues/observations' with git-Turba that I  
> may start another thread on. 
>
>   >>
>   >> 4.  Calendar seems to work!  :)
>   >> I did have issues getting the alias to work in lighttpd -
>   >>
>   >> alias.url =
>   >> ("/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync"=>"/var/www/html/horde/rpc.php");
>   >>   I mean, it works, but it doesn't seem to work with ActiveSync, so I'm
>   >> currently just pointing to fqdn/horde/rpc.php
>   >
>   > Sorry, you mean it works if you type the
>   > http://fqdn/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync in the browser (you get some
>   > type of error message about not directly accessing the page), but not
>   > if the device attempts to access it?  That doesn't sound
>   > right...that's exactly how the device accesses it, via various http
>   > requests. Are you sure your device isn't trying to access it via
>   > https, and you don't have https configured?
>
>   This was another 'brain fart'.  I knew full well that  
> http:///fqdn/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync[1] in a browser was doing  
> things differently than http://fqdn/horde/rpc.php - turns out it was  
> my alias was to var.basedir + "data/horde/rpc.php" which ended up  
> being completely wrong.   Lighttpd returned an XML formatted page,  
> which inititally seemed valid...threw me off.
>
>   Thanks!
>
>   Rick
>
>   >
>   > --mike
>   >
>   > The Horde Project (www.horde.org)
>   > mrubinsk at horde.org



Links:
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[1] http://fqdn/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync