[horde] ActiveSync and email

[Michael J Rubinsky]

Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:

> I'm sure the dev guys have been asked this all the time, but is  
> there a plan to allow email be sync'd via ActiveSync?  I know one  
> could open IMAP to the outside world and set a mobile mail client to  
> use that protocol, but using Horde with a self-signed cert is a much  
> more secure way of doing email than allowing the world to bang away  
> on your imap server.  Is it doable, or is the protocol locked down  
> that requires you sign your life away to Microsoft to get the  
> communication details or possibly they want money to license the  
> technology for email?

It's not an issue of licensing or protocol lockdown. The protocol  
documentation is easily obtainable (though it's for the current  
version of ActiveSync - older versions of the protocol can be figured  
out with some guess work and traffic sniffing). The licensing issue  
applies to the *entire* protocol. Since the licensing is only required  
for running the protocol and making it available to users of your  
server, The Horde Project leaves the question of licensing to the  
administrators/organizations running Horde.

As far as email support. There is an open ticket for this already -  
http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/10395

Given then number of requests and comments expressing interest, I am  
becoming a bit more open to the idea of adding it, even considering  
the limitations. No promises as to when I can even think about  
starting this though. It would be great (and would speed things up a  
bit) if an organization would be willing to sponsor this development.


> Great work on getting ActiveSync to work with Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks!

Thanks :)


-- 
mike

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