Calendar and address book with Dovecot

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On Apr 9, 2015, at 12:24 PM, Robert Schetterer <rs at sys4.de> wrote:
> 
>> Am 09.04.2015 um 18:46 schrieb mimicafe at gmail.com:
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Mimi
> 
> cal/card dav may come in dovecot
> 
> 
> http://www.dovecot.org/talks/berlin-20140513.pptx.pdf
> 
> ...
> Future:    
>  Random    
>  New    
>  Stuff
> 
> CalDAV
> CardDAV
> 
> Can’t    
>  fall    
>  behind    
>  Cyrus
> 
> meanwhile you need another solution
> i.e horde webmail acts as cal/card dav ,active sync , syncml server
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CardDAV
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveSync
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncML
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> MfG Robert Schetterer
> 
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The notion that dovecot needs to stay just an IMAP server is ridiculous.  I thoroughly encourage it to grow into a fully featured and open source messaging and groupware system.  This is great news!