UPDATE:
After further testing, it appears on can sync to the personal calendar. There is no need to create a new shared calendar. It's all in the options used for sharing the calendar.
If you use Zimbra 5.0, you can use Kontact to access your mail (IMAP), contacts (LDAP), and your calendars (remote iCal).
To have read-write access to a Zimbra calendar (this applies to any calendar, whether it be your personal calendar, or a shared calendar), you need to:
- login to the web client (AJAX interface)
- go to the Calendar tab
- right-click on the calendar you want to access and select Share
- select the second option, for external users (view only)
Then, in Kontact:
- open the calendar section of Kontact
- click the Add button under Calendar resources on the left
- select "Calendar in Remote File" option
- give is a name like "Zimbra Calendar"
- enter the Download URL:
http://zimbra.sd73.bc.ca/home/<username>/<calendar name>/ - enter the Upload URL:
http://zimbra.sd73.bc.ca/home/<username>/<calendar name>/ - set the "Automatic Reload" options
- click OK
You now have the ability to create entries in the web client and view them
in Kontact, and to create entries in Kontact and view them in the web
client.
Be sure that your timezone settings in Kontact (use Settings -> Configure Calendar, not Settings -> Configure Kontact) are correct, or the entries will not appear in the right timeslots.
Cheers,
Freddie