Hello Luca,
Good luck to anyone trying to reproduce the Microsoft Exchange wire protocol.
The Outlook Connector approach is the only proven way to do what you want. I can name at least 10 implementations of Outlook connectors without even trying. Oracle has one, so does IBM, CommuniGate, Bynari, OpenExchange, DeskNow, etc, etc. How many firms have reverse-engineered Exchange on the wire? I'm not saying it's impossible, but it will be difficult for sure.
The connector approach is not 'bound to windows'. If you look at http://openconnector.org/images/outlook-connector-overview.png , notice that the remote server only speaks established protocols. OpenConnectors job is to convert MAPI propertes/interface-methods to API roughly comparable to open protocols.
Linux clients, MacOS clients, Web clients, can all access the same server as long as they speak SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, CalDAV, etc.
- Kervin
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