Secure Outlook add-in is now available for testing in free-as-in-beer version

What is the issue? For Authenticating at Nextcloud it does not matter where the users are.

Or is it rather a client side issue, about not having the need to provide the credentials?

@RiSK I will add this feauture request to the to-do list :slight_smile:

@blizzz Could you send me a PM (I can’t due new account)? I do have some questions about LDAP / AD support and how it works in the back-end. Thanks!

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Lovely! Thanks for that.

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:clap: thank you for this

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I just want to throw this out there: I had no problems in my brief testing yesterday. We are running NC 11.0.3, using LDAP against AD, and my test machine was Windows 8.1 64 bit, running Outlook 2016 32 bit, running the 32 bit version of the addin. No problems on my end using an AD account for testing.

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I found a screenshot on another topic here showing the way the filelink add-on for Thunderbird handles things. It’s pretty similar to how the owncloud outlook add-on does it:

Where do I find the source code? “Nextcloud does 100% Open Source” thats why I am thinking to come over from ownCloud.

It’s an add-on from a partner, not an NC in-house app. No source.

how so? i have Nextcloud 11.0.2 with LDAP integrated to Windows AD. My workstation runs Windows 10 with Office 2016 32 bit and this plugin works perfectly for me.

Very similar environment here. I’m running Windows 10 64 bit with Outlook 2016 32 bit and so far in my testing it works perfectly.

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I have the same Problem as described by @blu-IT.
Everytime i try to upload a file a new folder is created in my Nextcloud (/Outlook/Upload Files/‘date’/‘some hash’/) but nothing else happens, the file is not uploaded at all and there is no share or link created…
System is Windows 10 with Outlook 2013 32bit

From my testing this is mostly related to the password policy. Earlier in Nc11 it was not possible to retrieve password policy info. In the new build I added support for this function, so password policies should work out of the box for Nc12 servers.

For now, per default the add-in generates a 6 character password which does not contain any special characters. If the generated password is not ‘better’ than the password policy requirements this will return an error, so the file upload cannot continue. This could possibly solve the current error which @blu-IT and @ccghad are experiencing.

I am planning on releasing a test build tomorrow which contains this fix, I will share it in this thread.

Same problem as described by blu_IT.
Win10 64bit with Outlook 2016 32bit:

  • no content inside the e-mail, like a link, an explanation text or something else is create
  • An upload-folder “outlook” is created inside nextcloud, but no content is shown, but the add-in said before, that the file was uploaded

Using the x86 version of the plugin

You can find a new test version here for Outlook 32 bits (x86): https://nextcloud.lucpasmans.nl/index.php/s/c9ZQibmnC6xeVD5

Let me know if the upload issues are resolved now :).

Fix list
- Added Nc12 password policy support
- Enhanced logging 
- Fixed some gramatical issues (thanks @RiSK and @linucksrox)
- Enabled custom password function for file uploading
- Fixed some other minor issues

Todo:
- Font size for other translations like German which is otherwise to large to fit in the controls.

All excited and then realised it was windows only…no mention in the announcements, as Office 2016 for mac does exist :wink:

Just installed the new Version.
Upload is now OK. :grinning:

After installation the Add-In was disabled after starting Outlook, but manualy activating the Add-In and restarting Outlook worked.

just installed the new version as well on win 7 sp1 (64) with outlook 2010 (32)…
the new version wouldn’t start… even a manual activation/restarting outlook won’t start it. errormessage: runtime-error

anyways… i still think it’s a great idea to give it out as free as a beer :o)

one suggestion allowed? would it be able to manually set the upload-directory? just to avoid having thousands of subdirectories and folders.

keep up the great work!

Did you remove the old version of the add-in first? Which version of Nextcloud server are you using?

Manually setting the upload directory is on the wish list :slight_smile: first lets make sure though we all can run the add-in…

no i didn’t remove the old version before installing the new one.
nc 11.0.3 (i had the same issues as blu_IT with the old version.

Hi,

thanks for your effort and work!

I tested the new version and can confirm:

  • File upload function

Set/generate password is shown now and the upload/transmission of files is confimed via a green circle. A window inside my e-mail with a link to the NC share and PW is created.

  • Public share function

Set/generate password is shown now. A window inside my e-mail with a link to the NC share and PW is created.

BUT (I’m really sorry for that):

Folders and hashes in NC are created, but there is a corrupted/damaged file inside the folder (general access checked via webbrowser and personal login).
When following the link created with the add-in to the shares, the created passwords are not accepted in NC 12 / the share is not accesible.

My PW policy is sett to 8 characters as I submitted in my PM. I would prefer not to change these values on NC and tear down the security of my whole NC instance.

Do you need some log files for further testing?

Regards