Zarafa on macOS - macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion

This manual is for older systems and/or software and is no longer maintained.

This manual is written for 1A-server users who want to access their Zarafa email through Mac Mail. Zarafa is a workgroup solution based on the look and feel of Microsoft Outlook. By using Zarafa you can share your email and calendar online.
This manual explains how to configure Mac Mail to use Zarafa on your computer.

Requirements

To complete this manual, you will need:

• The name of your 1A-server
• Your username and password
• A computer with macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion

Steps

1

Mac Mail - Configuring

• Start the Mail application
• Enter your Full name (this will be shown to the recipient)
• Enter your E-mail address
• Enter your Password
• Click Continue

2

Mac Mail - Incoming Mail Server

• Change Type account to "Exchange IMAP"
• The Description is optional
• At Server incoming mail and Outlook Web Access-server, enter the name of your 1A-server
• Enter your Username and Password
• Click Continue

3

Mac Mail - Outgoing Mail Server

• The Description is optional
• At Server outgoing mail, enter the name of your 1A-server
• Check Use Authentication
• If these aren't set yet, enter your Username and Password
• Click Continue

4

Mac Mail - Check settings (1)

• Start the Mail application
• Go to Mail → Preferences → Advanced
• At Port, enter "993"
• Check Use SSL
• Change Prefix IMAP-path to "INBOX"

5

Mac Mail - Check settings (2)

• Go to tab Accountinformation
• Click Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
• Click Change SMTP-serverlist...
• Choose Use default ports
• Check Use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
• Set Identity verification to "Password"
• Enter your Username and Password

6

Mac Calendar - Find the CalDAV url of the calendar

• Log in to WebAccess or WebApp (the Zarafa webmail client)
• Note the name of the calendar in lowercase and replace whitespaces with '%20'
• Compose the CalDAV url: "https://<servername>:8442/caldav/<username>/<calendar-name>"
  Example: https://company.com.alt001.com:8442/caldav/peter/calendar or https://company.com.alt001.com:8442/caldav/peter/agenda
  Example with whitespaces: https://company.com.alt001.com:8442/caldav/peter/calendar%20with%20whitespaces

7

Mac Calendar - Configuring Mac Ical

• Start the Ical application
• Go to Ical → Preferences
• Go to tab Accounts
• Click on the + sign to add an account
• Select "Add CalDAV Account..."
• Click Continue

8

Mac Calendar - Add Account

• Change Type account to "Manual"
• Enter your Username and Password
• At Serveraddress enter the CalDAV url
• Click Create

9

Mac Calendar - Verify settings (1)

• Go to tab Account Information
• Verify the settings
• The Description is optional

10

Mac Calendar - Verify settings (2)

• Go to tab Server Settings
• Verify the settings
• Close the window Accounts

11

Mac Address Book - Finding the CardDAV url

• In your browser, go to "http://<servername>/sabre-zarafa/addressbooks/"
• Log in with your username and password
• Click on your username
• Now you see all your addressbooks. The default addressbook is "Contacts" (or "Contactpersonen" when Zarafa has been configured to use the Dutch language)
• Copy the link of the addressbook you want to add
• Paste the link in an empty text file
• Remove "http://" and append "/"
• The CardDAV url should now look like this: "<servername>/sabre-zarafa/addressbooks/<username>/<addressbook>/"
  For example: bokxing.nl.alt001.com/sabre-zarafa/addressbooks/peter/Contacts/

12

Configuring Mac Adresboek

• Open the Addressbook
• Go to tab Accounts
• Click on the + sign to add an account

13

Mac Address Book - Add Account

• Change the Account type to "CardDAV"
• Enter your Username and Password
• At Serveradres enter the CardDAV url
• Click Create

14

Mac Address Book - Verify settings

• Go to tab Account Information
• Verify the settings
• The Description is optional
• Close the window Accounts