I guess I just don't understand then. I can use Outlook 2003 with my Exchange 2007 account no problem, but as you know I can't get past the authentication using libmapi.
Thanks, Per On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 09:08 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote: > Paul/Per, > > IIRC Julien mentioned that to use Exchange 2007 against Outlook 2003, > the Public Folder store got to be created. Evolution with libmapi would > be like a Outlook 2003, connecting to Exchange 2007. It should be click > to activate it on the server. If not for Evolution, then it might be > asked for Outlook 2003 client to work with 2007 servers. If it isn't > there also, we possibly might get a failure during login. > > -Srini. > > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:05 -0800, Per Nystrom wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 14:31 -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 00:47 +0530, Suman Manjunath wrote: > > > > to be able to use the MAPI plugin, your Exchange mailbox should be > > > > enabled for MAPI. this is a setting on the server. it is a common > > > > issue to not have it enabled. > > > > > > Curious. Does that mean that Outlook can talk to an Exchange mailbox > > > WITHOUT having it enabled for MAPI? I would like to know more about > > > this. One putative advantage of using MAPI, to me, would be that the > > > corporate IT department wouldn't even know you're using Evolution. They > > > wouldn't have to make ANY changes specifically for Evo users, not even > > > to enable OWA (if they didn't have it enabled already). > > > > > > So, if there are still Exchange mods that have to be made beyond what's > > > needed for Outlook users we should get in front of that I think. > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > Agreed. I thought MAPI is the protocol Outlook uses to communicate with > > Exchange. If this is not the case and there is some other uber-secret > > special protocol instead, it would behoove us to figure that one out. > > > > I don't expect my Exchange administrator to make any special > > accommodations for me just because I use a different client than > > Outlook. > > > > Thanks, > > Per > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Evolution-hackers mailing list > > Evolution-hackers@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers _______________________________________________ Evolution-hackers mailing list Evolution-hackers@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers