[gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>
>- Grant

Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.

Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in at the moment. Can't check the actual name)

I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others (but can't comment on it)

Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Daniel Troeder]

On 21.12.2012 06:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
+1

Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated into
each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file manager
or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav, ical,
caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community forum.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

On Friday, December 21, 2012 11:33:49 AM Daniel Troeder wrote:
> On 21.12.2012 06:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
> > 
> > Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
> 
> +1
> 
> Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated into
> each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file manager
> or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
> install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav, ical,
> caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
> commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community forum.

Syncml works as well with the synthesis client on my Android phone.
The lack of activesync makes me consider the commercial version, but that's 
not for this year yet.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Daniel Troeder]

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On 21.12.2012 12:19, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Friday, December 21, 2012 11:33:49 AM Daniel Troeder wrote:
>> On 21.12.2012 06:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>>
>>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated into
>> each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file manager
>> or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
>> install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav, ical,
>> caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
>> commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community forum.
> 
> Syncml works as well with the synthesis client on my Android phone.
hmm... nice... a question:
If a calendar entry has invitaions to multiple users and some categories
are selected, und you change that entry on your phone, will the
invitaions and categories be preserved or reset?

> The lack of activesync makes me consider the commercial version, but that's 
> not for this year yet.
> 
> --
> Joost
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

On Friday, December 21, 2012 12:35:11 PM Daniel Troeder wrote:
> On 21.12.2012 12:19, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > On Friday, December 21, 2012 11:33:49 AM Daniel Troeder wrote:
> >> On 21.12.2012 06:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> >>> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
> >>> 
> >>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
> >> 
> >> +1
> >> 
> >> Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated into
> >> each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file manager
> >> or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
> >> install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav, ical,
> >> caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
> >> commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community
> >> forum.
> > 
> > Syncml works as well with the synthesis client on my Android phone.
> 
> hmm... nice... a question:
> If a calendar entry has invitaions to multiple users and some categories
> are selected, und you change that entry on your phone, will the
> invitaions and categories be preserved or reset?

Not entirely certain, there are multiple options to change on phone and on 
server side.
I only create entries with invitations when logged in to the server.
I tend to mostly read the appointments on the phone and to add single-person 
(me) entries on the phone that then get moved to the server.

The different options make it difficult to check everything and is one of the 
reasons the Activesync option in the commercial version is so attractive.

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Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Michael Hampicke]

Am 21.12.2012 12:19, schrieb J. Roeleveld:
> On Friday, December 21, 2012 11:33:49 AM Daniel Troeder wrote:
>> On 21.12.2012 06:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>>
>>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated into
>> each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file manager
>> or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
>> install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav, ical,
>> caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
>> commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community forum.
> 
> Syncml works as well with the synthesis client on my Android phone.
> The lack of activesync makes me consider the commercial version, but that's 
> not for this year yet.
> 
You might want to look at tine20[1] - which originally was a part of
egroupware. It provides ActiveSync.


[1] http://www.tine20.org/

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@hadt.biz> wrote:

>Am 21.12.2012 12:19, schrieb J. Roeleveld:
>> On Friday, December 21, 2012 11:33:49 AM Daniel Troeder wrote:
>>> On 21.12.2012 06:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>>> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated
>into
>>> each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file
>manager
>>> or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
>>> install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav,
>ical,
>>> caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
>>> commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community
>forum.
>> 
>> Syncml works as well with the synthesis client on my Android phone.
>> The lack of activesync makes me consider the commercial version, but
>that's 
>> not for this year yet.
>> 
>You might want to look at tine20[1] - which originally was a part of
>egroupware. It provides ActiveSync.
>
>
>[1] http://www.tine20.org/

When they get PostgreSQL support sorted. I will. Till then it's a no-go as I don't feel like running 2 database servers.
For that reason I also don't switch to Gallery3.

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

>>>>> Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Works good with (user)groups, important modules are well integrated into
>>> each other (f.e.: you can link objects from address book, file manager
>>> or project manager to a calendar entry as an attachment), easy to
>>> install, fine granular permission system, sync through carddav, ical,
>>> caldav, webdav works, but feels kind of limited, activesync only in
>>> commercial version, works also with php-fcgi, devs help in community forum.
>>
>> Syncml works as well with the synthesis client on my Android phone.
>> The lack of activesync makes me consider the commercial version, but that's
>> not for this year yet.
>>
> You might want to look at tine20[1] - which originally was a part of
> egroupware. It provides ActiveSync.
>
>
> [1] http://www.tine20.org/

Has anyone used egroupware and tine20 (or others?) and would recommend
one over the other?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>
>>- Grant
>
> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>
> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
>
> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others (but can't comment on it)
>
> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
>
> --
> Joost

I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
it is extremely helpful. :)

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

On Fri, December 21, 2012 21:05, Grant wrote:
>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>>
>>>- Grant
>>
>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>>
>> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using
>> the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in
>> at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
>>
>> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
>> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other
>> webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others
>> (but can't comment on it)
>>
>> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
>>
>> --
>> Joost
>
> I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
> A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
> it is extremely helpful. :)

Is there any specific functionality you are looking for?
If yes, we can check if it has it for you.

You can also test the commercial version easily by getting a test account at:
http://www.egroupware.org/trial

The community version doesn't have all the functionality of the commercial
version though.

Tine20 was mentioned as an alternative, but it doesn't work with Postgresql.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

>>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>>>>
>>>>- Grant
>>>
>>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>>>
>>> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using
>>> the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in
>>> at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
>>>
>>> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
>>> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other
>>> webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others
>>> (but can't comment on it)
>>>
>>> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joost
>>
>> I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
>> A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
>> it is extremely helpful. :)
>
> Is there any specific functionality you are looking for?
> If yes, we can check if it has it for you.

Actually I've never used groupware before and I'm hoping to figure out
which of these packages is most highly recommended and then give it a
try.  tine20 and egroupware have demos I'm experimenting with.

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

On Friday, December 21, 2012 12:21:48 PM Grant wrote:
> >>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
> >>>>
> >>>>- Grant
> >>>>
> >>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
> >>> 
> >>> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using
> >>> the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in
> >>> at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
> >>> 
> >>> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
> >>> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other
> >>> webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others
> >>> (but can't comment on it)
> >>> 
> >>> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
> >>> 
> >>> --
> >>> Joost
> >> 
> >> I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
> >> A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
> >> it is extremely helpful. :)
> > 
> > Is there any specific functionality you are looking for?
> > If yes, we can check if it has it for you.
> 
> Actually I've never used groupware before and I'm hoping to figure out
> which of these packages is most highly recommended and then give it a
> try.  tine20 and egroupware have demos I'm experimenting with.

Use the one you end up feeling most comfortable with and that provides you 
with the functionality and usability that is important to you.

I quite like the usual stuff (email, calendar, addressbook, todolist) and 
extra stuff (projects, bug/feature/support/.... tracker, wiki, knowledgebase, 
bookmarklist) that is in egroupware and the seamless way in which all these 
are integrated together and where you can easily link different items 
together.
(Can't link directly to an email, but you can add an email to the "infolog" 
which can then be linked and/or converted to a todo-item, project, .....)

There are a few things I still want to experiment with, including something I 
think will allow me to automatically create certain items from emails. For 
instance, an email to " support@example.com " would be either merged into an 
existing support-call or a new call created depending on some filter.

But that is something I'll play with over the next few months :)

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

>> >>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>- Grant
>> >>>>
>> >>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
>> >>>
>> >>> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using
>> >>> the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged in
>> >>> at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
>> >>>
>> >>> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
>> >>> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other
>> >>> webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also others
>> >>> (but can't comment on it)
>> >>>
>> >>> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Joost
>> >>
>> >> I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
>> >> A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
>> >> it is extremely helpful. :)
>> >
>> > Is there any specific functionality you are looking for?
>> > If yes, we can check if it has it for you.
>>
>> Actually I've never used groupware before and I'm hoping to figure out
>> which of these packages is most highly recommended and then give it a
>> try.  tine20 and egroupware have demos I'm experimenting with.
>
> Use the one you end up feeling most comfortable with and that provides you
> with the functionality and usability that is important to you.
>
> I quite like the usual stuff (email, calendar, addressbook, todolist) and
> extra stuff (projects, bug/feature/support/.... tracker, wiki, knowledgebase,
> bookmarklist) that is in egroupware and the seamless way in which all these
> are integrated together and where you can easily link different items
> together.
> (Can't link directly to an email, but you can add an email to the "infolog"
> which can then be linked and/or converted to a todo-item, project, .....)
>
> There are a few things I still want to experiment with, including something I
> think will allow me to automatically create certain items from emails. For
> instance, an email to " support@example.com " would be either merged into an
> existing support-call or a new call created depending on some filter.
>
> But that is something I'll play with over the next few months :)
>
> --
> Joost

Are you planning to tweak the software with its existing tools in
order to make this happen, or code the new functionality?  Either way,
please let us know how it goes.  That sort of automatic functionality
would be great.  Can that sort of thing be done manually as of now?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[J. Roeleveld]

On Saturday, December 22, 2012 11:07:55 AM Grant wrote:
> >> >>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>- Grant
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> Originally for the calendar and addressbook. But gradually been using
> >> >>> the other stuff as well apart from that website module. (not logged
> >> >>> in
> >> >>> at the moment. Can't check the actual name)
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> I quite like it. It does what it says on the box.
> >> >>> It's also easy to set up when you have some experience with other
> >> >>> webapps. Integrates well with Kontakt from KDE and probably also
> >> >>> others
> >> >>> (but can't comment on it)
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> Is there anything in particular you want to know about it?
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Joost
> >> >> 
> >> >> I'm just trying to figure out if it's something I should investigate.
> >> >> A thread like this with people whose opinions I trust saying they like
> >> >> it is extremely helpful. :)
> >> > 
> >> > Is there any specific functionality you are looking for?
> >> > If yes, we can check if it has it for you.
> >> 
> >> Actually I've never used groupware before and I'm hoping to figure out
> >> which of these packages is most highly recommended and then give it a
> >> try.  tine20 and egroupware have demos I'm experimenting with.
> > 
> > Use the one you end up feeling most comfortable with and that provides you
> > with the functionality and usability that is important to you.
> > 
> > I quite like the usual stuff (email, calendar, addressbook, todolist) and
> > extra stuff (projects, bug/feature/support/.... tracker, wiki,
> > knowledgebase, bookmarklist) that is in egroupware and the seamless way
> > in which all these are integrated together and where you can easily link
> > different items together.
> > (Can't link directly to an email, but you can add an email to the
> > "infolog"
> > which can then be linked and/or converted to a todo-item, project, .....)
> > 
> > There are a few things I still want to experiment with, including
> > something I think will allow me to automatically create certain items
> > from emails. For instance, an email to " support@example.com " would be
> > either merged into an existing support-call or a new call created
> > depending on some filter.
> > 
> > But that is something I'll play with over the next few months :)
> > 
> > --
> > Joost
> 
> Are you planning to tweak the software with its existing tools in
> order to make this happen, or code the new functionality?  Either way,
> please let us know how it goes.  That sort of automatic functionality
> would be great.  Can that sort of thing be done manually as of now?
> 
> - Grant

If you have it installed, go to:
"Tracking System"
Then open the menu (arrow pointing right, located on the left)
Select "Site Configuration"
Then tabsheet "Mail Handling"

The following is what it says in the online help:
===
[Mail handling] tab: Here you can enable the option to check a mailbox for 
incoming mails and handle those as ticket(replies).

<All options snipped>
===

I can specify IMAP and POP3 as mailserver to check.

There are also options, from what I quickly read, where it's possible to have 
the tracker queue (which is like bugzilla) visible on an external website.

As I don't need that functionality, neither the email handling, I haven't 
looked into that myself yet.
But the email handling is something that could be usefull for me in the 
future.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

>> > There are a few things I still want to experiment with, including
>> > something I think will allow me to automatically create certain items
>> > from emails. For instance, an email to " support@example.com " would be
>> > either merged into an existing support-call or a new call created
>> > depending on some filter.
>> >
>> > But that is something I'll play with over the next few months :)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Joost
>>
>> Are you planning to tweak the software with its existing tools in
>> order to make this happen, or code the new functionality?  Either way,
>> please let us know how it goes.  That sort of automatic functionality
>> would be great.  Can that sort of thing be done manually as of now?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> If you have it installed, go to:
> "Tracking System"
> Then open the menu (arrow pointing right, located on the left)
> Select "Site Configuration"
> Then tabsheet "Mail Handling"
>
> The following is what it says in the online help:
> ===
> [Mail handling] tab: Here you can enable the option to check a mailbox for
> incoming mails and handle those as ticket(replies).
>
> <All options snipped>
> ===
>
> I can specify IMAP and POP3 as mailserver to check.
>
> There are also options, from what I quickly read, where it's possible to have
> the tracker queue (which is like bugzilla) visible on an external website.
>
> As I don't need that functionality, neither the email handling, I haven't
> looked into that myself yet.
> But the email handling is something that could be usefull for me in the
> future.
>
> --
> Joost

Wow, it sounds like the functionality is all ready to go.  Thanks Joost.

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} anyone tried egroupware?

[Grant]

>> >>>>Has anyone tried egroupware?  Any opinions on it?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>- Grant
>> >>>>
>> >>> Yes. I have been using the community version for several years.

Has anyone tried the chat feature of egroupware?

- Grant