a couple of further notes of clarification on this issue, and then i will
drop it:
samuli> What you will need is to have an interface to read e-mail from an
MS
samuli> Exchange e-mail directory and then use SMTP to eg. reply to it.
i wish to get rid of exchange entirely.
and finally, you might think of it this way:
1. the mapi software becomes the local delivery agent for incoming email.
2. for outgoing mail the mapi software replaces smtp for the outlook
clients
but acts as a proxy for them to the smtp server.
thats all folks. sorry for using so much bandwith on this thread.
//daryl
Samuli Kaski wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Daryl Williams wrote:
>
> > i obviously did not express myself clearly in my original email.
> > what i was hoping to find is an interface (daemon) that would
> > accept mapi requests from a client (outlook) and pass the request
> > to an smpt server, and then forward the response back to the
>
> You still don't understand. SMTP just does mail forwarding, like:
>
> a: b send my e-mail to c
> b: ok, will do
> c: ok, i got it (you won't see this part, just for clarification --
> if there is a problem you(a) will see it)
>
> b is SMTP in this context (ofcourse a-b and b-c are too but for the sake
> of being understandable).
>
> You will still need the functionality to read the original mail[1].
>
> What you will need is to have an interface to read e-mail from an MS
> Exchange e-mail directory and then use SMTP to eg. reply to it.
>
> [1] The e-mail I sent earlier.
>
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