ActiveSync Autodiscover

[Achim J. Latz]

Hello list:

Autodiscover seems to work fine for Outlook and Thunderbird! I haven't 
yet tried with a Outlook itself (implementation details ;-), but the MS 
tests seem to work fine (see below [0]) and return a valid XML response 
with the correct settings.

Unfortunately, it appears that "MS ActiveSync Autodiscover" [1] is not 
working, and perhaps that is the reason why neither iOS nor Mail.app 
seem to be able to autoconfigure in my tests:

* * * * * Exchange ActiveSync Autodiscover (not working)
ExRCA is attempting to retrieve an XML Autodiscover response from URL 
https://autodiscover.domain.tld/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml for user 
joe at domain.tld.
  	ExRCA failed to obtain an Autodiscover XML response.
  	
	Additional Details
  	The Response element in the payload was null.

XML response:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Autodiscover xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006" 
/>

apache2 log:

207.46.14.62 - - [29/May/2012:16:32:35 +0200] "OPTIONS 
/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml HTTP/1.1" 500 - "-" 
"Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/12.0+(TestExchangeConnectivity.com)"
207.46.14.62 - - [29/May/2012:16:32:35 +0200] "POST 
/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1058 "-" 
"Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/12.0+(TestExchangeConnectivity.com)"
207.46.14.62 - - [29/May/2012:16:32:38 +0200] "OPTIONS 
/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml HTTP/1.1" 500 - "-" 
"Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/12.0+(TestExchangeConnectivity.com)"
207.46.14.62 - - [29/May/2012:16:32:38 +0200] "POST 
/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1058 "-" 
"Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/12.0+(TestExchangeConnectivity.com)"


As you can see from the apache2 log entries, they slightly differ from 
the successful ones quoted below for "Outlook Autodiscover".

Is it possible that this is related to the "account_type = email" 
setting? SSL certs, vhost, mod_wsgi etc. work fine: Thunderbird reads 
the values perfectly, and again the MS validator works for Outlook 
Autodiscover but not for ActiveSync Autodiscover.

Any ideas? Is anybody using AutoMX to successfully supply iOS and 
Android devices with email setup information?

Best regards, Achim



[0] * * * * * Outlook Autodiscover (working)
ExRCA is attempting to retrieve an XML Autodiscover response from URL 
https://domain.tld/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml for user joe at domain.tld.
  	The Autodiscover XML response was successfully retrieved.
  	
	Additional Details
  	Autodiscover Account Settings

XML response:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Autodiscover xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006">
<Response 
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/outlook/responseschema/2006a">
<Account>
<AccountType>email</AccountType>
<Action>settings</Action>
<Protocol>
<Type>SMTP</Type>
<Server>mail.domain.tld</Server>
<Port>587</Port>
<DirectoryPort>0</DirectoryPort>
<ReferralPort>0</ReferralPort>
<TTL>0</TTL>
<DomainRequired>off</DomainRequired>
<LoginName>joe at domain.tld</LoginName>
<SPA>off</SPA>
<Encryption>TLS</Encryption>
<AuthRequired>on</AuthRequired>
</Protocol>
<Protocol>
<Type>IMAP</Type>
<Server>mail.domain.tld</Server>
<Port>143</Port>
<DirectoryPort>0</DirectoryPort>
<ReferralPort>0</ReferralPort>
<TTL>0</TTL>
<DomainRequired>off</DomainRequired>
<LoginName>joe at domain.tld</LoginName>
<SPA>off</SPA>
<Encryption>TLS</Encryption>
<AuthRequired>on</AuthRequired>
</Protocol>
</Account>
</Response>
</Autodiscover>

apache2 log:

207.46.14.62 - - [29/May/2012:16:39:28 +0200] "POST 
/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml HTTP/1.1" 500 - "-" 
"Microsoft+Office/12.0+(TestExchangeConnectivity.com)"
207.46.14.62 - - [29/May/2012:16:39:29 +0200] "POST 
/AutoDiscover/AutoDiscover.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1058 "-" 
"Microsoft+Office/12.0+(TestExchangeConnectivity.com)"


[1] <https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com>