On Saturday 25 December 2004 18:35, guy keren wrote: > just to share with other opressed linux users who are forced to use an > exchange server: > > i work in a place where there's only an echange server, used for e-mail > and for calendars management, and the exchange server's POP service for > disabled for silly reasons. > > after a month of using win2K for a workstation, i decided to install linux > (fedora core 3) and check evolution's now-open-source exchange plugin. > > it works, both for e-mail, and for viewing the calendar, accepting > meetings and even accessing the address book. all i needed to do was > choose 'exchange' server when creating a new e-mail account in evolution, > and ansewr the various questions. it seems to use the web-interface in > order to access e-mail, so you'll have to know the URL you use to access > exchange from the web (which is what i did until now - this works even > from firefox). i also filled in IP addresses instead of host names, since > i don't know what's the host name of the exchange server ;) > > (to recap for people who didn't follow on this: novell bought evolution's > maker, ximian, and turned their exchange plugin into open-source > software). > > if anyone decides to try this and has any problem, i might be able to > help. I noticed that kmail has also support of exchange2000. I don't how it works, as i no longer work in a place using exchange. But I know one thing for sure - kmail's hebrew support is much more superior to evolution's. If some1 can check this out (maybe you Guy?), it can be gr8.
-- Noam Meltzer
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