Bynari Insignt Connector and Cyrus?

[Joon Radley]

Hi,

We have a similar product called Toltec Connector (www.toltec.co.za) and
this is how it works:

It save the object (calendar/task/etc.) in a MS TNEF object and then
encapsulates the TNEF object in a RFC2822 mail that is the stored on the
IMAP4 server. The model used is synchronization where the plugin in Outlook
get triggered and synchronizes the contents of the folder with the
corresponding IMAP4 mailbox.

Sharing of folders are done by setting the corresponding ACL on a mailbox.

Currently only Toltec Connectors can share Outlook information with other
Toltec Connectors as the data is in a TNEF object. There is a initiative
underway with the Kolab project (www.kolab.org) to create a common data
format that will enable Kontact/Horde/Toltec(Outlook) to use the same IMAP4
server backend and share the data.

In contrast to Bynari we do not sell a server. We recommend the use of Cyrus
IMAP4 or the Kolab server, which also uses the Cyrus IMAP4 server.

Best regards

Joon Radley
Radley Network Technologies CC
Cell: +27 (0)83 368 8557
Fax: +27 (0)12 998 4346
E-mail: joon at radleys.co.za
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu 
> [mailto:owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf Of 
> Dan Delaney
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:31 PM
> To: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Subject: RE: Bynari Insignt Connector and Cyrus?
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Oliver Falk wrote:
> > I don't think this is correct. Cyrus doesn't need to know anything 
> > about calendaring stuff, because it's the connector that saves the 
> > information in some way.
> 
> The "in some way" is the questionable part of that. While 
> it's true that Cyrus doesn't care what kinds of files are 
> stored in mailboxes, the Insight Connector doesn't work on 
> its own. According to Bynari's literature, it requires the 
> Bynari Insight Server, which is not simply Linux with Cyrus 
> installed, but a whole collection of stuff:
> Postfix, Cyrus, LDAP, Apache, ProFTPd, and a huge web-based 
> application written by Bynari. Without that, Insight 
> Connector won't work.
> 
> And there's nothing in Bynari's product info that indicates 
> that the Insight Server stores the calendar info in Cyrus. I 
> highly doubt that it does. Open Exchange, for instance, 
> stores all that kind of info in an SQL database (normally 
> PostgreSQL), which is a much more logical choice. I suspect 
> Insight Server does the same.
> 
> -- Dan
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