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Comment	>>> Thanks for your update. But I'm not completely agree. >>> >>> Take Android as an example. In user's point of view he/she will be >>> expected the setting of Active Sync is going to open a mail box with >>> push function, calendar and contact are add-on. >> >> I use android, as do most of the devs, and have experienced no >> confusion regarding this. >> >>> The Android OS itself is also present mail as primary application, >>> after I create the Active Sync account, it'll open the Mail app and >>> nothing displayed, if it connect to Horde Active Sync. >> >> The mail app will not automatically open after you create an EAS >> account. The device is smart enough to know there is no mail folder, >> since the server sends the folder tree to the device. >> >>> In my experience, the IPhone Mail App also works better with Active >>> Sync protocol. >> >> In general, iOS devices have a better overall EAS implementation. I >> agree. Though that doesn't have anything to do with the feature set >> that is provided by the server. The EAS version we currently support >> has a very limited feature set regarding mail when compared to a >> native IMAP connected mail app. >> >>> It push very efficient (using z-push) and immediate >> >> I have found the zpush code to be very inefficient, though I guess >> that is a matter of opinion. Without getting into specifics, this is >> mostly due to the file-based state mechanism combined with the fact >> that it uses c-client's highly inefficient imap functions. >> >>> alert me for new mail but if I connect to the mail server using IMAP, >>> it push nothing, I need to reload the Mail App to "get" the new mail. >> >> Ok. Then the mail app on iOS is not as robust as other devices' >> clients in this regard. >> >>> When I upgrade to horde 4, I expect the push mail is work but >>> disappointedly, the function is not added. >> >> Well, like I said, if it is that important to you then you can >> consider sponsoring the development. Otherwise, you will have to wait >> until I have the time and motivation to write the activesync imap >> client code. As stated before, we can not simply port zpush's >> implementation. > > I could sponsor the creation, what would you need to do this > implementation ? How much time you need ? >
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