Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know if there is a Linux Exchange client out there
>>>
>> any where ?
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>>> i don't think so but i believe that the folks at Ximian works on that...
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>>> --
>>> MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.chmouel.org
>>> --Chmouel
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>> I'm using Netscape to connect to our Exchange server - seems to work just
>> great. Of course this box is setup with samba.
>>
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> What a nice mess ... Netscape is not Exchange client and SAMBA has nothing to
> do with it at all :)
>
> The best case is if admins allow IMAP access. If the problem is security - at
> least fetchmail supports NTLM authentication so that passwords are encrypted
> (really encrypted, not just obfuscated) the same way as normal NT workstation
> does. I fetch mail from Exchange onto Unix server using fetchmail. I have also
> seen rumors about fetchmail being (having been) ported to Cygwin.
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> I belive, there are some more IMAP clients that support NTLM.
>
> But what is actually wrong with OL2000? It is not just as bad; is just because
> it comes from Microsoft?
The only thing I find wrong with OL2000 is that it won't run on *nix. :)
>
> -andrej
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This is probably not the list to be discussing this on, as it really
doesn't deal with cooker itself, but since the thread has been started:
AFAIK there are no Exchange clients for Linux that don't work without
some type of intermediary server. Bynari Trademail has an exchange
client for *nix, but you have to purchase it, and I don't think the
client works standalone. HP Openmail, now defunct, had a client that
worked with Exchange except you also had to have an Openmail server. If
your Exchange admins have not turned SMTP or IMAP off you can retrieve
your mail with any pop/imap client. This does not allow you to do any
calendar, global address list, proprietary Exchange stuff, however.
I believe the mail client in StarOffice was supposed to work with
Exchange, but I think it actually used IMAP and not the Exchange
protocols, haven't looked at it for a couple of years, may be worth
investigating.
You could ask your admins to enable Outlook Web Access, then you have
slightly more functionality than imap through a browser.
Otherwise I would suggest VMware or some other emulation program to
actually run Outlook. It would be nice if *nix based desktops had a full
access exchange client, but I don't see it happening anytime soon, if ever.
- Pete
