Calendar and address book with Dovecot

[mihai at badici.ro]

On Thursday 09 April 2015 17:46:04 mimicafe at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I recently install Postfix and Dovecot, and so far so good. My assumption
> was that calendar and address book (similar to Gmail calendar or address
> book) are part of Dovecot. However I do not see anything concerning them in
> any of the docs I have read so far.



Check the kolab project. It's cyrus based but there are some attempt to use 
Dovecot instead, it works pretty well .
> 
> What other software (ideally open source, free) do I need in other to have
> Calendar and address book so my users can manage their contact on their
> phones or computer? I have looked at Roundcube already, but my requirement
> is not necessarily to provide web mail.

You need client support for calendar /address book because is not standard. If 
not webmail, you need support in imap/activesync/webdav etc


> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mimi