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*Enter your email address as your Username
*Enter your email address as your Username
*Enter your email password as Password
*Enter your email password as Password
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*The value you need to enter for URL consists of two parts
**The first part is based on your domain name in the format [[Domain Substitution|https://cal.domain .tld]]
**The second part is your DAV Path as derived from configuring your [[Shared Address Book]]
**The name is arbitrary, so it can be anything you like, though normally you would choose a name that has meaning for you.
* *If you are connecting to someone else's calendar, you will need to use the [[Shared Address Book#I Need My Assistant To Edit My Address Book|DAV Path]] they provide you
*If you wish to change the colour of your calendar, click in the box containing FFFFFF, then click on the colour you would like for your calendar
**The full value will look like this: [[Domain Substitution|https://cal.domain.tld/caldav.php/bob@computerisms.ca/addresses]]
*Click the Save Button
*The update interval can be increased if you like
**1 is the minimum acceptable value for this field
*When everything is how you want it, click save
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Revision as of 19:06, 1 August 2012
Email
To check your email using Roundcube, all you need to do is login
There is no need to configure anything in order to send or receive mail using RoundCube
Open your browser and navigate to https://rc.domain.tld
Enter your email address in the Username field
Enter your email password in the Password field
If you prefer a language other than English, select it from the list
Click the login Button
Calendar
Before you begin:
Open your browser and navigate to https://rc.domain.tld
Enter your email address in the Username field
Enter your email password in the Password field
If you prefer a language other than English, select it from the list
Click the login Button
In the next window, find in the top right corner the link called "Settings"
In the next window on the far left side, under the main category "Calendar", click the sub-category "Categories"
In the main pane of the window, click the plus sign. This will create a new line at the bottom of the list
Click in the longest field of the new line and enter a name for your calendar
The name is arbitrary, so it can be anything you like, though normally you would choose a name that has meaning for you.
If you wish to change the colour of your calendar, click in the box containing FFFFFF, then click on the colour you would like for your calendar
Click the Save Button
After you click save, the list will reorder alphabetically
Click the little round button next to the calendar you just created
In the Username field you will find the value "%u"
%u is a short cut for the username you used to log into Roundcube, which will be the same as your email address
Enter your Email Password
The value you need to enter for "CalDAV Url" consists of two parts
Unless you know why you should do otherwise, leave "Reminders" and "Authentication Method" settings at their default
Click the Save Button
To start using your calendar, click the Calendar link in the top right corner of the window
Shared Address Book
Before you begin:
Open your browser and navigate to https://rc.domain.tld
Enter your email address in the Username field
Enter your email password in the Password field
If you prefer a language other than English, select it from the list
Click the login Button
In the next window, find in the top right corner the link called "Settings"
In the next window on the far left side, click the category called "CardDAV"
In the main pane of the window, enter a name for your address book
The name is arbitrary, so it can be anything you like, usually something meaningful to you.
The address book name must not contain a space
Ensure "Activate CardDAV-Addressbook" is selected
Enter your email address as your Username
Enter your email password as Password
The value you need to enter for URL consists of two parts
The update interval can be increased if you like
1 is the minimum acceptable value for this field
When everything is how you want it, click save
After you click save, the list will reorder alphabetically
Click the little round button next to the calendar you just created
In the Username field you will find the value "%u"
%u is a short cut for the username you used to log into Roundcube, which will be the same as your email address
Enter your Email Password
The value you need to enter for "CalDAV Url" consists of two parts
Unless you know why you should do otherwise, leave "Reminders" and "Authentication Method" settings at their default
Click the Save Button
To start using your calendar, click the Calendar link in the top right corner of the window