Z-Push Zimbra Backend (Push Email, Contacts, Appointments & Tasks)

[cbnidk]

Hi

I have tried the z-push for zimbra and it working very good
I only have one error and this is the in the calendar
I don't get appointment in serie sync to my PDA
if the appointment is on monday and sonday at the same time

can this be fixs?

very good work

Claus

Hi

I have now testing more on the z-push for zimbra and
I have one error and this is when I make a Appointment on the pda
and make some text the text don't come in zimbra only the name of
the Appointment
I have test a wm 6.5 and a wm 5.0 with aktive sync
push is working very fast
very good work, I think the missing things will be fixs?

[waltholman]

eMail syncs!

Any ideas on why my contacts and calendar will not sync w/ revision 29... 28, 27, 26 ... ?

I've got a similar issue. E-mail syncs OK, but calendar items & contacts don't sync at all. Some time ago (around Rev. 25 maybe?) my calendar items would sync, unless they had additional attendees.

There's nothing obvious in the debug.txt file & I've even ran a wireshark packet capture looking for things. Doesn't look like it's even trying on the calendars.... This is on an HTC Droid Eris w/ Android 2.1. Any ideas?

ZCS 6.0.6, z-push 1.3 w/ zimbrabackend R29

[LaFong]

Seems like different results for every platform. On an iPhone 3G, I get contacts & GAL fine. Calendar half works, no push, only shows the default Calendar. Email does not like large folders, does not push, loses contact with server. No useful errors in debug.txt.

So, I use plain IMAP for mail, CalDAV for calendars, and z-push for contacts.

ZCS 6.0.5, z-push 1.3 w/ zimbrabackend R29

[cbnidk]

Hi

I have today made a test with htc lenged and I get the same
error if I make a appointment and add some extra information (notes) in the textfield of the appointment on the lenged
the textfield don't get to the zimbra server
is this a bug or is it only me there have this error

I have the same error with test on wm 6.5 and wm 5.0

is debug.txt enabel or have I to enabel it I dont get eny debug

where can I fandt the file /var/log or ?????

[DJ-Marcuzz]

Hi

I have today made a test with htc lenged and I get the same
error if I make a appointment and add some extra information (notes) in the textfield of the appointment on the lenged
the textfield don't get to the zimbra server
is this a bug or is it only me there have this error

I have the same error with test on wm 6.5 and wm 5.0

is debug.txt enabel or have I to enabel it I dont get eny debug

where can I fandt the file /var/log or ?????

cbnidk,

Go to the folder you have z-push in (eg. /var/www/z-push/) and create the file debug.txt (touch debug.txt). The webserver needs to write to it, so give it the appropriate permissions or 777 (chmod 777 debug.txt).

[cbnidk]

For anyone using Release 29 or earlier, you will likely be affected by an issue I discovered yesterday while beta-testing Release 30.

For my WM 6.5 handset - Emails with either a high or low priority on the server always appear with a low priority on the handset. (Seems like the logic used on WM is - if Importance Flag is set then { if Importance Flag = "2" then High Priority ELSE Low Priority } else Priority = Normal. Thus all emails with "High"/"Low" come across as being low priority)

For my Nokia handset - Emails with an importance Flag - either High Priority or Low Priority - do not display at all on the handset. The server thinks it has pushed them across - but they never show - and they don't re-push. (Seems like the logic here is - if the importance Flag is set to an invalid value - discard the message)

The problem is in the Function GetFlags (starts at line 2226 in Release 29)

private function GetFlags($flags) {
     $flag = array();
     $flag["unread"] = 0;
     $flag["priority"] = null;
 
     $strlen = strlen($flags);
     for ($i=0;$i<$strlen;$i++) {
       $char = substr(strtolower($flags),$i,1);
       switch ($char) {
           case 'u':
           $flag["unread"] = 1; break;
         case '!':
           $flag["priority"] = "High"; break;
         case '?':
           $flag["priority"] = "Low"; break;
       }
     }
     return $flag;
   }

The ActiveSync protocol document states that the priority flags should have values "1" for Normal (default assumed if no flag present), "0" for Low - or "2" for High.

To fix the issue, simple replace the values in the function. It should look like this

private function GetFlags($flags) {
     $flag = array();
     $flag["unread"] = 0;
     $flag["priority"] = null;
 
     $strlen = strlen($flags);
     for ($i=0;$i<$strlen;$i++) {
       $char = substr(strtolower($flags),$i,1);
       switch ($char) {
           case 'u':
           $flag["unread"] = 1; break;
         case '!':
           $flag["priority"] = "2"; break;
         case '?':
           $flag["priority"] = "0"; break;
       }
     }
     return $flag;
   }

Cheers

hi

I think it will be ?

$flag["unread"] = 1; break;
case '!':
$flag["priority"] = 2; break;
case '?':
$flag["priority"] = 0; break;

without the "" ""

[maxxer]

Hi. Just tested ZBackend, and rocks!
Zimbra 6.0.6OSS, iPhone.

What is looking strange to me, is that activating debug.txt, I ALWAYS see activity in it!
I enabled Mail and Contacts, and I always see data passing by, for both features.
This is causing an heavy extra load on the server.
If I enable Calendar sync, then I nearly cannot use the server, because load jumps up to 20/30!

Is there any setting I can change to make it behave better?
thanks

[liverpoolfcfan]

hi

I think it will be ?

$flag["unread"] = 1; break;
case '!':
$flag["priority"] = 2; break;
case '?':
$flag["priority"] = 0; break;

without the "" ""

It certainly works correctly with the quotes - I didn't try without them.

Note - there are 2 different flags being set here. "unread" is a boolean (hence no quotes). I believe "priority" may be a char - but of course I could be wrong. Try it without them if you wish and report back.

[mangue]

Hi

I'm using Zimbra Open Source 6.0.6, z-push 1.3 and Zimbra Backup rev 29. Mail sync works fine with Windows Mobile but it doesn't work with IPhone OS 2.2.x/3.1.x "unable to connect" (same server, same account). It's ok for contact and agenda sync. Something very strange: my IPhone is able to retrieve folder list and mail stored in folders.
Any idea?

[imx]

Hey there,

Have you tried setting up a new account in Zimbra and testing with that? Its possible that there is some character/folder that is killing the sync - so go back to basics and work from there

iMx