> On Jan 24, 2016, at 11:46 PM, Andre LaBranche <d...@apple.com> wrote: > > >> On Jan 24, 2016, at 2:53 PM, Kyle Silfer <k...@rtoads.com> wrote: >> >> Here’s another piece of info I found out by trial and error and have been >> meaning to report. >> >> Apple's Contacts client refuses to connect on nonstandard ports (for >> example, it wants 8843 for SSL). You have the option to change the port >> number after it fails its initial connect, but it doesn't really work. Once >> I matched the port number, it worked fine for newer clients (although not >> with the OS X 10.6 Address Book). > > Depending on your server-side / DNS setup, you may have more reliable results > by using the 'manual' connection setup in Contacts; the one where you specify > username, password, and server, instead of email address and password.
Manual connection setup is all I have been able to use because automatic presumes an email login and advanced really doesn’t seem to work at all. > For me, Contacts has no problem accessing 443, which in my case is also > reverse proxied to Calendar & Contacts server. > > sudo lsof -n -l -P | grep Contacts: > Contacts 7509 501 61u IPv4 0x98ff3c379420f4ff 0t0 TCP > 192.168.2.89:52097->1.2.3.4:443 (ESTABLISHED) > > I also experimented with forcing Contacts to use other ports. If you're game, > give some of this a try and report back. I guess I should be specific with what version of the client I was using. In this case, the observed behavior was on Yosemite. Maybe El Capitan fixed this. I have not tested it. Since I already have a working fix (port redirection) I can’t commit trying out the diagnostic stuff you posted. But thanks for your interest. ./k _______________________________________________ calendarserver-users mailing list calendarserver-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/calendarserver-users
