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The following FAQ was mostly extracted from the Z-Push Community Survey (at 01/03/2016 with 126 answers) taking place in February of 2016. Items in categories are sorted alphabetically.

Do you have questions/problems/feature requests not mentioned here? Please head over to the Z-Push forum.

Development

How is development organised?

Please refer to Development for more information.

Where can I create an account for the Z-Push issue tracker?

Registration to the z-hub.io infrastructure if open and an account can be created at https://jira.z-hub.io/secure/Signup!default.jspa. This account is valid for all services published unter the z-hub.io domain (Wiki, Jira, Stash).

Where can I find a roadmap/upcoming features?

Please refer to Roadmap for more information.

Where can I get the latest development shapshot?

Please refer to How to get the latest Z-Push code from GIT for more information.

You can also use the develop (nighly) repository, see Installation for more information.

Where do I reports bugs and issues?

The issue tracker at jira.z-hub.io is primarily meant for development tickets. Please report issues over at the Z-Push forum. If you are a Zarafa customer you can also report your issues at their supportdesk available on https://portal.zarafa.com/.

General

Add CalDAV and CardDAV backends

CalDAV and CardDAV are available already in our develop branch and is available in Z-Push 2.3.0.

Attachments for tasks and calendar entries

This is a limitation of the ActiveSync Protocol. This will be possible in ActiveSync 16 for calendars. We will implement this in the future.

Error rendering macro 'jira'

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Consume less load/resources on (web)server

For the 2.3 release we implemented some architecture changes which will result in massively improved speed and memory consumption.

Easier configuration for shared folders, preferably user based configuration

This is possible via the Z-Push webservice in Z-Push 2.3.0. We still lack a frontend to support this, but this will be possible with the WebApp MDM plugin of Zarafa in the future.

Packages/Repositories for easier installation

Packages and Repositories are available, see more information here: Installation

PHP 7 support

We are already working on PHP 7 support. It's will be part of a minor release of Z-Push 2.3.x. This depends on user feedback. Please see more information in the ticket.

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Support for Evolution and native OSX applications

These applications are using Exchange Web Services (EWS) instead of ActiveSync to synchronise with the server and therefore will not be able to use Z-Push.

Support for latest ActiveSync protocol

We are currently investigating the required changes and additions for ActiveSync 16 support.

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Outlook support

There are many things that are not working when Using Outlook 2013 or 2016 with ActiveSync.

These can mostly be divide into 3 categories: Green, Yellow and Red.

Category Green - We are working on these and are confident that we can solve them in the near future.

No reply/forward flags 
No out of office support
No Free/Busy support

These are working with Z-Push 2.3.0 using the Configuring GAB-Sync for Kopano OL Extension.

Category Yellow- Doable, but with technical challenges. We are trying/investigating but can no make concrete statements at this moment.

No Public folder support

We have technical ideas how to solve this. We are working on it as we understand the requirement for many users. This will most probably work, but a few technical details still need to be solved. A few issues are shared with general "sharing capabilities".

No Rules & Filter support

The difficulty here lies in the complexity of possible rules. Only a few simple rules does solve some problems, but is not the right answer to this question. This is something that needs to be solved in a bigger picture (WebApp + z-push). This is something we think about, but don't expect fast solutions.

No sharing capabilities

In the near feature it will be possible to open single folders of other users. Keep looking for updates of the Configuring GAB-Sync for Kopano OL Extension.

No notes support

Notes support is available in ActiveSync, but Outlook simply ignores Note folders. The Configuring GAB-Sync for Kopano OL Extension enables Note support in Outlook 2013 and later.

Category Red - These are limitations of the ActiveSync protocol or Outlook does not support them, not much we can do.

No distribution list support

Also a limitation of the ActiveSync protocol. The "Distribution list" feature is completely disabled due to this.

No drafts support

This is related to the "import/copy between account" issue. There is no way in ActiveSync to save emails. ActiveSync version 16 does allow saving of Drafts (but it seems as only Drafts, not in other folders). Still, Outlook 2013 & 2016 seem not to support that feature.

No import to the server e.g. from PST or other accounts (copy between accounts)

This is a limitation of the ActiveSync protocol. ActiveSync has no capabilities to create emails on the server. Like you can create a contact in Outlook that is created on the server is not possible with Emails. Emails can only be sent (different than synchronization). This is the reason why you can't import emails via ActiveSync. This would, technically, be possible with Contacts, Tasks, Appointments and Notes, but it's in general not supported by Outlook (copy between accounts).

Not possible to create folders

This is no issue in ActiveSync, but Outlook only supports to create Email folders in Outlook. If a folder is created in WebApp or on the mobile it will appear momentarily later in Outlook.

Others

No support for OL 2007/2010

Outlook supports ActiveSync since Outlook 2013. Nothing we can do here, sorry.

Not good with big mailboxes / Many folders

Outlook has only two options:

synchronize 1 month of data
synchronize all data

With big mail boxes it will take some time to get all the data synchronized.

Issue of Z-Push 2.2.x with synchronization of many folders was solved in Z-Push 2.3. On averagely fast server Z-Push is now able to synchronize 100 folders in less than 100 ms.

Unreliable synchronization & slow synchronization

Synchronization speed was vastly improved for Z-Push 2.3. Also memory consumption was massively lowered. If you want to run Outlook via ActiveSync you should only use Z-Push 2.3!

Bugs

Sometimes there are only folders visible - no data

This was reported by a few users and we recently saw that for the first time on one of our accounts. This issue was solved and will be released as part of Z-Push 2.2.10.

The related ticket is: Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.