1 Topic by evenmoreconfused (edited by evenmoreconfused 2025-02-03 07:24:34)

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Topic: Adding Server-side Personal Address Books

==== REQUIRED BASIC INFO OF YOUR IREDMAIL SERVER ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): 1.7.1
- Deployed with iRedMail Easy or the downloadable installer? Installer
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Rocky 9.5
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MySQL
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): Nginx
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? No
====

I apparently did my most recent full install of iRedMail (back in 2020) without the SoHo option (I had had it installed in earlier incarnations, but no-one was using it). I've kept everything up-to-date since, but SoHo is of course still not present.

We are moving everyone away from Outlook (as Microsoft will be keeping full mailbox copies in the cloud now), so we're installing Thunderbird on about a dozen machines. It would be good if individual users had private address books that were shared among their various devices.

Some questions:
1. is there a simple way to re-add SoHo after the fact, or should I backup-reinstall-restore?

2. are the only ways to implement server-side address books to implement either SoHo or Exchange integration?

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Re: Adding Server-side Personal Address Books

Follow-up:

3. can RoundCube be used to maintain server-side address books?

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Re: Adding Server-side Personal Address Books

evenmoreconfused wrote:

1. is there a simple way to re-add SoHo after the fact, or should I backup-reinstall-restore?

FYI https://docs.iredmail.org/sogo-centos-6-mysql.html
You can also setup a new VM with same OS, then install latest iRedMail on it, copy sogo config files to your production server.

BTW, it's SOGo, not SoHo.

evenmoreconfused wrote:

2. are the only ways to implement server-side address books to implement either SoHo or Exchange integration?

SOGo offers CalDAV and CardDAV services, they're standard protocols supported by many MUAs.
If you don't like SOGo, you can try other alternatives:

- Radicale (Python): https://radicale.org
- SabreDAV (PHP): https://sabre.io
- Baikai (PHP):  https://sabre.io/baikal/

evenmoreconfused wrote:

3. can RoundCube be used to maintain server-side address books?

If you don't need to sync address books to other devices (e.g. mobile phone, desktop MUA), you can find third-party Roundcube plugins for address book.