Zimbra

Zimbra is a collaboration suite by VMWare. There is an open source edition available.

Zimbra and CalDAV has been tested with the open source version and self certificates. It should work on the paid edition as well.

When using CalDAV with Zimbra the following may help when completing the settings. Initial settings and checking of the Zimbra server are faster when using WiFi or Internet pass though connection on your Android Device.

Server: the URL of your Zimbra server

e.g. zimbrahost.example.com[:port][path]

Use SSL yes/no – normally yes

User Name: your email address or username (the one used to access Zimbra Email)

Password: your password

Once the form is filled, press OK

It will then to connect to Zimbra and list your calendars and task lists.

Calendar Colour is set in Zimbra, you have the option to change it in CalDAV.

Known issues

Zimbra 6

Shared resource discovery is broken on Zimbra 6. This is a bug in Zimbra. You may be able to sync a shared resource by specifying its full path in the account setup, but that's not guaranteed to work. Please consider upgrading to Zimbra 7.

CardDAV

Zimbra does not export all fields via CardDAV and some fields are not exported correctly. So, users syncing with a Zimbra server should note the following to avoid data loss:

• The following fields are not synced properly by Zimbra, and any data may be lost if two-way sync is enabled:
  • Company phone
  • Assistant phone
  • Car phone
  • Anniversary
  • IM fields
  • Any custom fields

• For the following fields, Zimbra only syncs 1 entry for each field, any further entries may be lost if two-way sync is enabled:
  • Mobile
  • Home fax
  • Work fax
  • Other phone
  • Other fax
  • Pager

• URLs (1 entry for each type)
• Addresses (1 entry for each type)

• 2 entries each are permitted for the following fields:
  • Home tel
  • Work tel

• Multiple entries in the email field are synced (but not more than 3, recent version of Zimbra have been reported to sync more than 3 email addresses via CardDAV).
• All name fields are synced, except Maidenname which is not synced, but is preserved in Zimbra.
• Callback field is synced, but incorrectly displayed as 'Car phone' on Android (due to a Zimbra bug).