There's no dark art involved in getting a Mac to talk to Exchange - although it does sometimes seem that way. I did find that you need to attach to an AppleTalk server, although that may have been a red herring. Logging into the Windows NT domain is a must, though.
I found Q149596 very helpful for the syntax of the Mac hosts file which you put in the system folder and point at in the TCP/IP control panel. The HOSTS format is: <<Exchange server name>> CNAME <<IP domain name>> <<IP domain name>> A <<corresponding IP address>> For Example: EXCH1 CNAME exch1.business.com. exch1.business.com. A 157.54.16.157 I think this is probably a FAQ, isn't it? From: Paul Love [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]=20 Sent: 13 February 2002 09:56 am To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 5.5. & Mac !!!! Yes its true some pooor soul wishes to use his Mac laptop to access his exchnage mail ! i did try and talk him out of it but well anyway, installed outlook for Mac and this went lovely, set the options to check the name which it does lovely, as long as we use the ip address of the mail server and not the wins/dns. but then when he tries to open outlook it complains the mail server is unavailable ? i presume its because it cant find the wins/dns name. But ok you say change it to the ip address, well we do that but outlook keeps resetting it to the dns/wins name. Any advice, and i mean any advice even if its shoot him.... gratefully received Yours desperately Paul -- Tim Gowen | Tel: 0208-205-2266 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] RAF Museum | Fax: 0208-205-8723 | Visit the RAF Museum website: IT Dept. | Mobile: 07980-545-628 | <http://www.rafmuseum.com> Confidentiality: This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone; please reply to this e-mail and highlight the error. Security Warning: Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should take steps to confirm that they are actually virus free. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
