Calendaring Features

Atmail provides a complete client & server Calendaring solution - Based on the CalDAV protocol, a stunning Web-based Calendar system is provided, full server implementation, and support for a wide range of desktop clients and mobile devices.


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Shared calendar and iCal support
Share Calendar events with other users - iCal synchronization included
Calendar permissions
Detailed edit for Calendar entries
Access your Calendar on your iPhone
Access your Calendar data via CalDAV - Use your iPhone or compatible device.
Support for desktop clients
Apple iCal connectivity - Support for a wide-variety of desktop clients and mobile devices
 

CalDAV Calendar Client

The Calendar client supports the following features:

  • A stunning Ajax Web Calendar which supports creation of events, tasks, and allow users to schedule work and appointments
  • Daily and weekly calendar view included
  • Intuitive Web interface for creating, moving and resizing scheduled events
  • CalDAV client - Use the inbuilt Web Calendar to access any existing CalDAV server, or the inbuilt Atmail Calendar server.
  • View shared Calendars, users availability and all the features you'd expect in a groupware solution
  • Support for IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and modern browsers

The Atmail Calendar is a iCal/CalDAV client, allowing the software to access any CalDAV server implementation. For example; Apple/Darwin Calendar Server, Bedework, Sun's Calendar server, Oracle, or open-source solutions such as DaviCal. If you are rolling out the Atmail solution, you can keep your existing Calendar server implementation or use the inbuilt Calendar server provided.

 

CalDAV Calendar Server

Included in Atmail is a complete CalDAV server. This provides an open-standards solution to store and access Calendaring data, no proprietary formats or complicated protocols. Features included:

  • Full CalDAV server implementation
  • Use desktop clients such as Apple iCal, Mozilla Thunderbird / Sunbird to access Calendaring data. No sync required, native support.
  • Use your mobile device such as an iPhone and connect to the Calendar server. Full support, no synchronization or push required. Access your Calendar data anywhere.
  • Easy administration using the Web-based control panel - Add users, events, share calendars and see users free/busy availability.
  • Access the integrated Calendar interface included in Atmail
  • Based on the open-source Darwin Calendar Server under the Apache 2.0 license, the server has been customized to integrate with SQL for authentication, Atmail's Webadmin control-panel, and performance enhancements for large user-bases.

Unravel the complexities of deploying a Calendaring solution - By using Atmail you can roll out a complete calendaring solution for your organization, and administer the software via a Web-based control panel. Built for simplicity to install and administer.

Avoid vendor lock-in with proprietary Calendaring solutions. Take advantage of the growing number of vendors using the CalDAV protocol for desktop-clients, mobile devices and web-based solutions.

 

ActiveSync Support

Atmail supports the ActiveSync protocol allowing PUSH support on a variety of mobile-devices such as the iPhone, Android and Windows mobile

Calendar events created in Atmail can be automatically pushed to mobile devices. Rollout a complete calendaring solution using Atmail, provide Calendar access via the Webmail UI, desktop-clients that support CalDAV and mobile devices using ActiveSync

Atmail is one of the few vendors that embrace the CalDAV protocol and offer ActiveSync connectivity. A true hybrid calendaring solution that supports open-protocols and proprietary ActiveSync technology licensed from Microsoft. Learn more about the mobile push support in Atmail from the product information page

 

Open Standards Supported

The Calendaring solution of Atmail supports the following open standards:

 

Evaluation

To test drive Atmail 6, please visit the online demo and signup for a test account. You can also download and install the Atmail software on your own Linux server.