At 02:03 PM 5/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I just read the website FAQ carefully at www.ximian.com. You MUST have >OWA activated on the Exchange2000(not 5.5 or lower) server for >the connector plugin to work. It is apparently built to run via WebDAV >and talk to OWA. They did not reverse engineer the Exchange protocols at >all, they integrated OWA into Evolution. Of course evolution provides >a nicer interface than OWA alone....
I can almost hear John now.. Why isn't this open source if they aren't bound by any licenses? :) Regards, Dustin >On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 02:11:04PM -0500, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > At 02:46 PM 5/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >The jist of what I've read so far is that Ximian Connector is a client, > > >costing $69 per seat license, that connects to Exchange. From > > >www.ximian.com... > > > > Ximian Connector runs on the Exchange server, and is a server component. > > Basically, you run the X Connector parallel to your Exchange service, and > > then you connect to the X Connector with Evolution. The X Connector acts > > like a translator between Evolution and Exchange. Nifty idea I suppose. I > > wonder if they had to pay a license fee to Microsoft, or reverse engineer > > the Exchange protocols? > > > > >As I understand, it also interfaces through OLA (Outlook Web Access), > > >which must be running on the Exchange server for browser-based access. > > >The term "server product" caught my attention. It is, though, closed > > >source. > > > > Yup, closed source. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > UNIX and Network Consultant > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >-- >Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Key fingerprint = 6D 31 C3 00 77 8C D1 C2 59 0A 01 E3 AF 81 94 63 > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and Network Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams
