Integration with CalDAV server (like Nextcloud Calendar)

[delucca]

Subject

How to integrate docker-mailserver with a calendar server

Description

I would like to know how could I integrate docker-mailserver with a calendar server. I have both dms and Nextcloud running in my personal server and I would like to integrate them both.

My calendar is already working on Nextcloud calendar and I can send invitations to events accordingly (since I've configured Nextcloud to use my e-mail from dms as default). My problem is to receive invitations to events. I receive them in my e-mail (managed by dms) but when I accept those invitations I would like to automatically create the event in my CalDAV server (like what happens in Google Calendar, or most e-mail servers that have an embedded calendar)

Is that possible?

I found a few alternatives (in Mailcow and Mailinabox) but they seem to have their own Nextcloud/SOGo installation inside. It seems like a huge overkill for me. I think with some configs that should be doable.

Thanks!

[jayknyn]

Hi Daniel, I struggled a lot with this also, primarily trying to get a calendar integration in a webmail setup (I'm using RoundCube for webmail and I also have NextCloud).

My working solution in the end was to use a desktop email client (I'm on mac, so macos mail app) and desktop calendar client with the calendar server being the CaldDAV server on NextCloud. So now when I get an invite in my email, I double-click the .ics file and it gets added to the desktop calendar client (choose the NextCloud CalDAV calendar) and then this event syncs to the NextCloud CalDAV server. I then have this synced to my mobile phone (Android so using Etar and DAVx5).

All works pretty seemlessly now but yeah, it's not as smooth as using a groupware that bundles all this together. I've gotten my partner to use this setup and seems to be working well. Not sure I can convince less technically-minded users to use this setup though.

[delucca]

Hi Daniel, I struggled a lot with this also, primarily trying to get a calendar integration in a webmail setup (I'm using RoundCube for webmail and I also have NextCloud).

My working solution in the end was to use a desktop email client (I'm on mac, so macos mail app) and desktop calendar client with the calendar server being the CaldDAV server on NextCloud. So now when I get an invite in my email, I double-click the .ics file and it gets added to the desktop calendar client (choose the NextCloud CalDAV calendar) and then this event syncs to the NextCloud CalDAV server. I then have this synced to my mobile phone (Android so using Etar and DAVx5).

All works pretty seemlessly now but yeah, it's not as smooth as using a groupware that bundles all this together. I've gotten my partner to use this setup and seems to be working well. Not sure I can convince less technically-minded users to use this setup though.

Thanks for your reply. That is a nice workaround :)

In any case, I would like to know if it is possible to do a more "clean" integration. It seems pretty complicated. I saw how Mailcow and MIAB handle their calendars, and they launch an entire Nextcloud instance just for the calendar O.O

[wernerfred]

Do you mind if i (or you) convert this Issue into a discussion? Imho this is more a general purpose question if someone of the community has archived smth similar rather than an (code related) issue with dms

[delucca]

Do you mind if i (or you) convert this Issue into a discussion? Imho this is more a general purpose question if someone of the community has archived smth similar rather than an (programatic) issue with dms

Sure!

Do you know if it is possible to convert an issue to a discussion? I've never done that.