Chapter 7. Configure Mobile Platforms
This chapter describes how to configure the Z-Push software to synchronise PDA’s and Smartphones with a server based solution.
The Z-Push software allows users with PDA’s and Smartphones to synchronise their email, contacts, calendar items and tasks directly from a compatible server over UMTS, GPRS, WiFi or GSM data connections. The following devices are natively supported by Z-Push:
The devices can be synchronised because the Z-Push module emulates an MS Exchange server on the server side, allowing users to synchronise without installing specialised synchronisation software on their devices.
Z-Push supports the following backend server technologies:
Zarafa: Zarafa is a workgroup sharing solution based on the look-and-feel of Microsoft Outlook, which enables sharing of mail and appointments from Outlook and a web based interface.
IMAP: is a widely used mail protocol with folder support.
Maildir: Maildir is a simple mail solution available on almost every Linux system. All mails are stored in specific directories on the server.
vCard: Implementation used to synchronise vCard files with contacts on the PDA.
