[TriLUG] Accessing Outlook from Linux at work

[Jon Carnes]

When I did this at a former employer I used Evolution via IMAP for the
email client and used the web-based connection in order to do the
calendaring.  If your company is running the web-gateway for Exchange,
then you can use that for basically everything (but spell checking).

If they are not using the web-gateway then shame on them!

Jon
 
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 13:02, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 12:43, Mike Shaw wrote:
> > Anyone fought this battle yet and decided on a good
> > route?  I just started a new job and have been told if
> > I need software I can get it.  So my current battle is
> > to decide what is my best option of getting to my
> > Outlook mailboxes and interfacing with other Outlook
> > users via Linux.
> > 
> > My current thoughts are:
> > 
> > 1) Vmware - run a Win2K box inside my Linux box and be
> > able to run everything under Win2K
> > 
> > 2) Crossover - I was worried about the Silver rating
> > they gave running M$Outlook
> > 
> > 3) Evolution - native client
> > 
> 
> When you say "Accessing Outlook" I assume you mean that you're accessing
> an Exchange server?  Outlook is a Windows email / calendaring *client*,
> not the server.  
> 
> Do you know if the Exchange server is running IMAP or if IMAP is an
> option?  If so, then you'd have your choice of clients such as
> Evolution, Mozilla, Netscape, pine, etc.  This is the best option for
> everyone IMO, but the Exchange sever administrator may not want to
> use/allow it.
> 
> I've heard good things about the Ximian Connector, which is an add-on to
> Evolution that's needed if you must use MAPI -- Microsoft's proprietary
> mail protocol.  I haven't used it myself though.
> 
> If you need to use the group calendaring features of the
> Outlook/Exchange combo, you'll be out of luck with either IMAP or the
> Ximian Connector -- look at CrossOver Office or vmware for that. 
> Evolution has a nice local/native calendar, but as far as I know the
> Ximian Connector doesn't interface with the Exchange calendar at all.
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
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