RE: [SLUG] Exchange Client for Linux Desktop

From: Clay, John (John.Clay@lfr.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 14:23:04 EDT


Oops - I wasn't clear. I'm after the address book, contacts, calendaring and
scheduling functions that you mentioned. Am I out of luck?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Miller [mailto:mmiller1@mptotalcare.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:07 AM
> To: SLUG List
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Exchange Client for Linux Desktop
>
>
> On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 10:30, Clay, John wrote:
> > Does anyone have experience with an Exchange 5.5 client
> that runs under
> > Linux?
> >
> > I believe that Ximian Evolution is only for Ex 2k (and I
> didn't like the way
> > it hijacked my kde desktop though that may have been pilot
> error). I'm
> > currently using Netscape to access Outlook Web Access but
> that's a little
> > kludgy.
>
> Any mail client that supports imap can be used with Exchange 5.5.
> However, the address book, contacts and calendaring functions
> of Outlook
> <--> Exchange won't be supported natively. It is possible to
> use ldap to
> query for user info from the Exchange server to grab e-mail addresses,
> phone extensions, etc.
> Evolution supports imap and has a built-in ldap frontend to query for
> Exchange user info.
>
> --
> Matt Miller
> Systems Administrator
> MP TotalCare
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