Synch with Groupwise?

I've stopped using my Palm ever since I got a 12" PB that is light enough to carry around. But my organization keeps the shared calendars on Groupwise. Is there a program available to synch iCal with it?

I have been around and around with my IT people about this and there is only one (barely) acceptable way I have found to make all this work: Groupwise 6.5.4, a Palm PDA, Palm 4.2 desktop software AND the absolutely newest version Intellisync handheld sync software on my admin's PC running XP.
My admin enters appointments and the like into my Groupwise calendar (via proxy rights to my account). At the end of the day we hook up my Palm z22 to her PC and sync my Groupwise calendar to the Palm via Intellisync. I then walk down to my office and sync the Palm with iCal, my phone, and my .mac account. It isn't pretty but it works.
I have tried doing this strictly on the mac side, trying to figure out a sync solution via Entourage. No go. Even if you are able to get your events to show up in a calendar folder in Entourage (I interface with Groupwise via an IMAP setup in Entourage) and then, by some special arrangement of the planets get an app like E2Sync to move the data to iCal (REALLY problematic in my experience), the missing link is getting events from the Entourage calendar back to Groupwise. (This is all a Novell issue. The code writers for that company should be ashamed with their implementation strategies, Mac client, and their overall lack of adherance to standards. And the decision makers at my company should have their heads examined for getting in bed with Novell in the first place.)
The Intellisync solution is not without its problems. Tech support is nominal on their sync products. Their software is incredibly finicky about when it is installed. The Palm OS preferences in Intellisync are confusing and misleading. But I have finally gotten it to work and things apppear to be syncing well.
If this collapses on me for some reason (it's Intellisync and Novell--you never know) my rocket scientist of an IT guy has just tested and verified another solution: He set up a WebDAV server on one of his OSX servers and used an app called Sunbird on the PC side to serve as the calendar program. He verified that his iCal data could be imported to the WebDAV server in one big data import. And he verified that the PCs could not only see the calendar but add and modify it. For me, the downside of this solution for me was it pulled me completely out of the Groupwise calendar world, which is something of an issue for most GW users at my company (can't do busy searches, etc.) It also means another app that my admin support staff has to navigate. So that solution is waiting for me if Intellisync flops, but for now, so far so good.
If anyone is in this world of pain and wants more detailed help sorting this out feel free to contact me directly. This has been way more difficult and frustrating than it should ever have to be so I would be glad to help you avoid similar heartache.
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