From: Chris G <cl...@is...> - 2008-09-19 03:32:01
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:57:52AM +0200, Felipe Sere wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Chris G <cl...@is...> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:45:58AM +0200, Felipe Sere wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Chris G <cl...@is...> wrote: > >> >> > Well I can confirm that eGW works well with Nokia E series phones. I > >> >> > have a Nokia E71 and it worked straight away "out of the box" with > >> >> > eGW, no hassles at all. > >> >> > >> >> Chris, > >> >> > >> >> That sounds great! I will start working on it once I get the new cellphone. > >> >> Did it work "automagically" or was there at least some configuration > >> >> needed? Do you have any pointer to documentation, specific to the > >> >> Nokia cellphones? > >> >> > >> > There really is very little to do. I installed eGroupware (in my case > >> > the 1.6pre1 version, which seems pretty stable) on my Linux box > >> > without any great problems. > >> > > >> > There's a syncml HowTo at:- > >> > > >> > http://www.egroupware.org/index.php?page_name=wiki&wikipage=SyncMLInstallHowTo > >> > > >> > That tells you most of what you need to know, the only thing I had to > >> > do (that isn't mentioned there specifically) was to add the following > >> > to my apache configuration file:- > >> > > >> > # > >> > # > >> > # Addition required for egroupware syncml > >> > # > >> > <Location /egroupware/rpc.php> > >> > php_value mbstring.func_overload 0 > >> > Order allow,deny > >> > Allow from all > >> > </Location> > >> > >> Thanks for the tips! > >> > >> > I then just told my E71 to synchronise with eGroupware (I used syncml > >> > version 1.2) and it did. > >> Do you connect to an AccessPoint over Wifi and then just give the > >> cellphone the address of the eGW-Server or how does this bit work? > >> > > Ah yes, I forgot to add that didn't I. > > > > Yes, I put the eGroupware synchronisation URL into the Sync setup in > > my E71, this is:- > > > > http://my.domain.com/egroupware/rpc.php > > > > I connect via the WiFi on my home router when at home or it works > > equally well via a GPRS data connection when on the move. > > Perfect! > One final question: what information are you able to sync? > Currently I'm synchronising just contacts and calendar, that's not to say that other stuff doesn't work I just haven't tried/needed it. -- Chris Green |