Features > Calendaring > Introduction IntroductionCalendaring News - August 2008
Update: Mailtraq 2.14 will be providing iCalendarw compatibility along with support for SyncMLw. You will be able to import calendar files from popular calendaring products as well as synchronize your Mailtraq calendar and address book with any SyncML compatible device, such as PDAs and mobile phones - this will be a free upgrade if you purchase now or have current Upgrade Protection
Now available for pre-Release users - read more ...
The Calendar service in Mailtraq Professional allows individual users to manage their schedules online through Mailtraq's Webmail system.
The schedules created with this feature can be shared on a per-user basis - some users can be permitted to view, others to both view and edit.
Even greater control over who can see what is provided by allowing each user to have more than one calendar - so a user can set up a calendar to manage a particular project, and share it amongst team members, whilst keeping their personal calendar private.
The system automates the handling of meeting requests by sending invitation emails, and automatically collating their responses.
Designed for use in global scenarios, the calendaring system is time-zone aware.
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ICS Calendar Invitations
WebMail 2.12 supports ICS invitation attachments. This means you can click on an attached invitation and add it to your own calendar and Webmail will accept Calendar invitations from Outlook. |
Accessing the Calendar system
The Calendaring service is integrated into the Mailtraq Webmail system to provide the widest availability without the need to install specialist client software on individual users' machines - just the standard web browser.
Sharing Outlook Calendars
Mailtraq is a full function email server that replaces the need for MS Exchange in nearly all cases. Mailtraq allows you have multiple calendars and have tight controls on calendar shares - as well as sharing Contacts and providing you with Public Folders - and all for one low price.
All Group Ware features are included in your Mailtraq Professional license - there are no additional charges.
Your calendars can easily be synchronized with calendars in Microsoft® Outlook™ - and from there with PDAs.
Read about synchronizing with Outlook here.
Read more about using Mailtraq Calendars for:
Read about the Group Ware features included with Mailtraq Professional:
Configuration Tips
Importance of Time Zones
Mailtraq's calendaring takes its awareness of time zones from the User's webmail setting. It is important that you set this with care as the different time zones offered reflect the DST (daylight savings time) rules for the various locations, so for example (-5) Bogata does not behave the same as (-5) Eastern. Mis-setting your time zone can result in appointments showing at an unexpected time in shared calendars.
Even if you do not generally use the Mailtraq web-based calendar, but are using MOS or SyncML to Outlook or another desktop client you should set your local zime zone in Standard Webmail | Options. See how ...
Disable ICS
If you are working in an environment that does not support ICS Calendar Invitations - for example, if you are using Outlook Express as your mail clients - you can turn-off ICS invites by following this procedure:
Before you start use Tools | Backup Configuration - just to be safe.
Shut down Mailtraq and locate the 'system.cfg' file normally located here:
C:\Program Files\Mailtraq\database\configuration
Locate the entry:
DisableCalendarIcsInvites=0
and change it to:
DisableCalendarIcsInvites=1
and Save. Restart Mailtraq.
This facility is available from build 2.12.1.2364 | 
