Multiple convergence web client sessions

Question

Is it possible to configure convergence so that it allows a user to log into multiple web client sessions in different windows/tabs at the same time? The default behavior seems to be that if you log in another window, it breaks the other web client session with the following error: "Unauthorized request for : Mail Service : Valid token is required "

Answer 1

jessethompson wrote:
I suspected that this may be your use-case. I used to run the central email/calendar/IM services at Monash University in Australia so I understand the needs of EDU's all-to-well. We're creating a web-survey to send to our departmental mail administrators. The survey should gauge how prevalent and important this feature is. I'll share the results.That would be very useful.
This same issue (co-existence of role accounts/user accounts) occurred during the Netscape Mail days where you couldn't have multiple IMAP accounts defined in a given profile. Every time you wanted to "act" as a role you would need to log-out of Netscape Mail and log in as a different profile.
When Mozilla Thunderbird provided multiple IMAP account access/multiple sender identities this issue went away.Evolution. Improvement. Sometimes I feel that the process of moving rich applications to the web has led to a lot of devolution.It does seem like we (not just Sun but companies in general) are constantly re-inventing the wheel.
Perhaps these people can stick with using IMAP clients. The survey will attempt to figure that out.I am firmly in the best-tool-for-the-job camp. Heavy IMAP clients, rich-web interfaces, mobile-low-bandwidth clients all have their part to play.
For Convergence, shared IMAP folders, shared address-books, shared calendars and multiple sender identities seems to me the best path forward. This would allow a user to login once and access/maintain the various role account data. It also provides improved user-access granularity -- you don't need to provide role account passwords to everybody who may need to access some part of the data.We've always disabled shared IMAP folders since they never worked across mail stores. We're a little worried about it being a maintenance and support hassle, but we will consider enabling the feature now that it will supposedly work across mail stores in v7.Shared IMAP folder functionality definitely works in MS7.0. Ensure that you are patched up to the latest MS7.0 revision (patch -04 and above) before deploying this functionality to avoid a number of IMAP cross-server shared-folder specific issues that cropped up in early MS7.0 days.
Shared IMAP folders/address-books and multiple sender identities are all on the roadmap for future revisions of Convergence.Multiple sender identities would be a very nice feature indeed.RFE #6783797 - "Support of Multiple Sender Identities & Sender Identity Options in convergence"
Usual rules apply -- make your voice heard by pushing features that are useful for your organisation via your Sun Account Rep.
Regards,
Shane.