Exchange 2007 to Zarafa server works from iPhone, not from Mail.app

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Exchange 2007 to Zarafa server works from iPhone, not from Mail.app

I have all my colleagues around me with their iPhones setup to connect to our Zarafa-mailserver. However I cannot get it to work using Mail.app.

What's the difference between the iPhone implementation and that on Mail.app?

MacBook Pro 15", 2,16 Ghz, 2GB, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Nov 27, 2009 6:36 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 9, 2009 7:26 AM in response to Alexander Henket

I have the same problem: my employer uses a Zarafa email server. My iPod touch can send and receive emails using Microsoft Exchange (in place of IMAP), though it marks some messages as unread even though they're marked read elsewhere. Mail.app (Snow Leopard) cannot connect to the server with Microsoft Exchange, though IMAP is ok. Any insight would be appreciated!

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Answer 2

Dec 10, 2009 3:35 AM in response to akrodha108

I think I have the answer: iPhone uses technology called ZPush, while Mac OS X talks to the EWS (Exchange Web Services). The ZPush mechanism appears to work, while Zarafa does not implement EWS on the server side and instead only does MAPI (through a piece of bridge software called Zarafa-client available only on Windows for Outlook).

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