diff --git a/phpgwapi/ntlm/egroupware.conf b/phpgwapi/ntlm/egroupware.conf
index 7bc6849902..a32ba4a81e 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/ntlm/egroupware.conf
+++ b/phpgwapi/ntlm/egroupware.conf
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
 # Version: $Id$
 #
 
+# this makes EGroupware available for all vhosts
 Alias /egroupware /usr/share/egroupware
 
+# Enable ActiveSync protocol support via eSync app
+Alias /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync /usr/share/egroupware/activesync/index.php
+
+# iOS 4.3+ calendar requires that to autodetect accounts
+RedirectMatch ^(/principals/users/.*)$ /egroupware/groupdav.php$1
+
 <Directory /usr/share/egroupware/phpgwapi/ntlm/>
   AuthName "NTLM eGroupWare Authentication"
   NTLMAuth on
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ Alias /egroupware /usr/share/egroupware
   php_value memory_limit 64M
   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 14400
   php_value include_path .:/usr/share/pear
-  php_admin_value open_basedir /usr/share/egroupware:/var/lib/egroupware:/tmp:/usr/share/pear:/usr/bin/zip:/usr/share/jpgraph:/usr/bin/tnef:/usr/bin/aspell
+  php_admin_value open_basedir /usr/share/egroupware:/var/lib/egroupware:/tmp:/usr/share/pear:/usr/bin/zip:/usr/share/jpgraph:/usr/bin/tnef
   php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
   php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /tmp
   php_value post_max_size 65M