I had the requirement back in 6.0 and 6.3. I did just like you mentioned
with Linux AR Server and a Windows utility server where I installed the
Email Engine so MAPI could be used. Of course that was when different
components could be selected in the installer.

This might not be ideal but you should be able to copy the email engine
directory from an existing Windows install, modify the config and run the
batch file to install as a service. The trick is getting somebody to send
you the Windows binaries (I would think BMC could do this, they have plenty
of Windows environments they could grab a copy from), you might be able to
dig it out of the installer files (I see an emailengine dir under Disk1 ->
files) or you could install AR Server into a throwaway Windows sandbox just
to grab the EE binaries.

With that said, I typically try to stay away from MAPI. In my experience
MAPI is least reliable out of MAPI, POP and IMAP. Is it possible to setup
your own email server for Remedy? At my last org we were faced with a
similar situation and I was determined to move away from MAPI so I
installed hMailServer (it was all Windows environment). We used IMAP
against hMailServer and had Exchange setup to forward a few older existing
addresses as well as a sub domain to our mail server. It added another
potential point of failure however we had considerably less issues with
incoming email vs using MAPI and the server guys were no longer complaining
about all of the servers we had Outlook installed on.

Jason

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Kevin Shaffer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> We are an ARS 8.1.02 Unix install base.  We have a requirement to enable
> incoming email, however the only protocol we can use is MAPI.  Is this
> possible and how?
>
>
>
> I thought we could install email engine and the 32 bit outlook client on a
> separate windows box to meet this requirement.  I thought there was an
> installer from Email Engine.  In 8.1.02, the AR Server Installer is just
> one installer and you can’t select the components.  8.1.00 has a separate
> Email Engine installer but I am told by BMC Support that I cant run 8.1.00
> Email Engine against 8.1.02 system.  BMC Support has also sent me
> instructions on remotely installing email engine but I think those
> instructions are for a like environment (Unix to Unix or Windows to Windows)
>
>
>
> I am wondering if anyone has had this requirement before and how they
> implemented the solution.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
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