Changed page "FAQ" by sagen@apple.com from 17.151.78.121* Page URL: <http://trac.calendarserver.org/wiki/FAQ> Diff URL: <http://trac.calendarserver.org/wiki/FAQ?action=diff&version=5> Revision 5 Comment: Added iMIP instructions -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<-------- Index: FAQ ========================================================================= --- FAQ (version: 4) +++ FAQ (version: 5) @@ -18,3 +18,39 @@ [wiki:ProxyCleanup Server logs show lots of: "Unable to find any record with GUID XXX" errors after deleting users from the directory. What's up?] + +== Scheduling over Email (iMIP) == + +Calendar Server can send invitations to "external" users (i.e., those without an account on the server) via email, using the iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol (iMIP - http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2447 ). If you create an event and add an attendee which has an email address but does not have a local account, the server will generate an email message with a icalendar attachment containing the event details and a request for response. If the attendee uses an iMIP-compatible client to respond to the invitation, the server will parse the reply and update the organizer's copy of the event accordingly. + +What is required to set up iMIP: + + * An SMTP server + * An IMAP or POP server + * An email account '''dedicated''' to the calendar server -- '''it is important that you not use your own email account for this because the server will delete any messages that appear in this account''' + +Steps: + + * Create an IMAP or POP account solely for use by the calendar server + * Edit caldavd.plist: + * iMIP + * Enabled = true + * Sending + * Server = your SMTP server name + * Port = the port your SMTP server is listening on + * UseSSL = true/false depending on whether your SMTP server is using SSL + * Username = username to log in to SMTP (leave empty if no authentication is required by your SMTP server) + * Password = password to log in to SMTP (leave empty if no authentication is required by your SMTP server) + * Address = used as the From: address + * Receiving + * Server = your inbound (IMAP/POP) server name + * Port = the port your IMAP/POP server is listening on + * Type = either pop or imap + * UseSSL = true/false depending on whether your IMAP/POP server is using SSL + * Username = username to log in to IMAP/POP '''(do not use your own email account for this or your inbox will be wiped out)''' + * Password = password to log in to IMAP/POP + * PollingSeconds = how often to poll for incoming replies + * AddressPatterns = an array of regular expressions defining which email addresses to send iMIP messages to -- if an external attendee's email address does not match these patterns, no invitation will be sent to them. + * Restart calendar server + + -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<-------- * The IP shown here might not mean anything if the user or the server is behind a proxy. -- Calendar and Contacts Server </> HTTP/WebDAV/CalDAV Server This is an automated message. Someone at / added your email address to be notified of changes on FAQ. If it was not you, please report to .