[SOLVED] push email from IMAP store to iphone from zimbra FOSS working via zpush acti

[BrianA]

My biggest gripe with my stupid Iphone was its lack of push email from zimbra Open Source edition. But I have fixed it.

oh yeah, aint zimbra sweet!

and z-push..

on debian etch apache-ssl only listens on port 443, so no conflicts - you can do this on your zimbra box..

apt-get install apache-ssl php-mail libapache-mod-php4

set up your self signed certificate. common name is your hosts fqdn

get the zpush package from
Z-Push - open source push technology

follow the instructions to install. change the backend source to IMAP

a slight modification required...

/var/www/z-push/backend# vi imap.php

around line 592, comment out existing and add corrected... this stops z-push marking your emails as read.

// $mail = @imap_fetchheader($this->_mbox, $id,FT_PREFETCHTEXT | FT_UID) . @imap_body($this->_mbox, $id, FT_PEEK | FT_UID);
$mail = @imap_fetchheader($this->_mbox, $id, FT_UID) . @imap_body($this->_mbox, $id, FT_PEEK | FT_UID);


Set up your iphone with an exchange activesync email - disable contact and calender sync, only email sync... and it is a ssl connection...


send yourself an email and be gratified with the melodical "ding-dong"

I have no comments on battery and data usage.

cheers

I am feeling somewhat smug now. lol.

[ssabchew]

Originally Posted by BrianA

My biggest gripe with my stupid Iphone was its lack of push email from zimbra Open Source edition. But I have fixed it.

oh yeah, aint zimbra sweet!

and z-push..

on debian etch apache-ssl only listens on port 443, so no conflicts - you can do this on your zimbra box..

apt-get install apache-ssl php-mail libapache-mod-php4

set up your self signed certificate. common name is your hosts fqdn

get the zpush package from
Z-Push - open source push technology

follow the instructions to install. change the backend source to IMAP

a slight modification required...

/var/www/z-push/backend# vi imap.php

around line 592, comment out existing and add corrected... this stops z-push marking your emails as read.

// $mail = @imap_fetchheader($this->_mbox, $id,FT_PREFETCHTEXT | FT_UID) . @imap_body($this->_mbox, $id, FT_PEEK | FT_UID);
$mail = @imap_fetchheader($this->_mbox, $id, FT_UID) . @imap_body($this->_mbox, $id, FT_PEEK | FT_UID);


Set up your iphone with an exchange activesync email - disable contact and calender sync, only email sync... and it is a ssl connection...


send yourself an email and be gratified with the melodical "ding-dong"

I have no comments on battery and data usage.

cheers

I am feeling somewhat smug now. lol.

Which Versino of ZPush you used?
Why cannot be installed inside zimbra's apache?

[BrianA]

because if you do a zimbra update it will kill your setup.

[shiv4]

How did you fix conflicts with the 443 in listening by zimbra?

zimbra:/etc/apache2# netstat -natup | grep 443
tcp6 0 0 :::443 :::* LISTEN 6745/java

or you don't use a ssl connection on webmail?

cheers

shiva

[BrianA]

webmail via port 80.

[shiv4]

But i don't really like this solution, i don't want users to login on non https way, probably i'll choose the mod_proxy solution to get push e-mail on mobile devices.

Thanks anyway for the inspiration

shiva

[BrianA]

you can always run z-push on another server if you have another inet ip address

[shiv4]

That's another possible solution, in this way i'd even avoid to modify too many stuff in zimbra setup, losing all my work on next upgrade.

You have been "enlightening"

shiva

[vbn]

Or just run Zimbra on non-standard ports and use Apache to proxy via standard ports. You can use an alias for z-push virtualdirectory and voila...it works !