Push Email to iPhones, Macs?

I have yet to receive my copy of Snow Leopard Server, but I have taken a look through the Snow Leopard Server Resources ( http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/documentation.html) to see how the new mail server and push functionality works.

However, none of the documentation lays out what one does to enable push email, calendar, and contacts to iPhone and full-fledged Mac clients. What am I missing? Is it just turned on automagically and all connected devices know this? Including the iPhone? I assumed a iPhone software update would be necessary for the iPhone to support push IMAP email... but maybe not?

I do not even see how you can add the iCal or Address Book server to the iPhone. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 11:42 AM

78 replies

JFMezei

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Aug 6, 2010 2:37 AM in response to JFMezei

False hopes...

a wireshark trace reveals that MAIL.APP on a Mac gets this "instant" update via IMAP protocol. Nothing about port 5222 happens.

JFMezei

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29 points

Aug 10, 2010 11:31 PM in response to JFMezei

Have done some further reading on the subject.

The Apple Push Notification service (APN) requird a developper register and get certificates.

The ios devices connect to the Apple service, via port 5223

Service providers make connections to the Apple service, not the other way around.

Apple does have some documentaion on this:

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conce ptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/ApplePushService/ApplePushService.html#//apple_ref/d oc/uid/TP40008194-CH100-SW9

(Google can find it for you with "Apple Push Notification". There are a number of pages that explain the stuff, but I haven't found anything specific with regards to SMTP and Xserve.

JFMezei

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Aug 10, 2010 11:43 PM in response to JFMezei

And the Apple Push Notification service uses a proprietary protocol, not the XMPP/jabber one which OS-X uses for its "Push Notification".

So there would need to be some additional piece of software between the Push Notification server on OS-X and Apple's service to get Dovecot to be able to send notifications to iphones.

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