On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 12:18:46PM -0800, Charles N Wyble wrote: > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > >dear outlook connectors, > > > >i wrote last week to say that i'm doing an exchange 5.5 server which > >basically means implementing a MAPI server. > > > > > right. and this will tie in to ldap/nntp/imap on the backend. > also support jabber (with msn plugin) etc. > > >i've since discovered a few things: > > > >1) the MSRPC Nspi interface's data structures are > > identical to those in mapidefs.h (according to > > /usr/include/wine/windows/mapidefs.h) > > > > > interesting. i am not exactly sure what this means. would you > please elaborate luke?
the MAPI data structures SPropXXXXX etc, as outlined in mapidefs.h, appear to be derived from an unpublished microsoft MSRPC interface called "Nspi", aka EMSABP. > is this the stuff you me and jason nocks > have been discussing off list? yes. > >2) the otlkcon0/mstore/*.cpp code looks like a more "full" and > > "complete" version of what i'm rather foolishly trying > > to implement as hard-coded data structures in my > > network-reverse-engineering efforts. > > > > > yes the otlkcon team has been hard at work for about a year on > this effort. good grief. > http://freedce.sourceforge.net > http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedce > > > >how about it? > > > > > > >anyone interested? > > > >l. > > > > > > sounds like a great project. it would do wonders.... just think: > > it is possible to migrate from nt4 domain(s) to samba+ldap very easily. > the process is very well documented/tested/understood. for more > on that see > http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/NT4Migration.html > > the amount of businesses on nt4 and exchange 5.5 is staggering. with > microsoft having dropped > support for these products as of december 31st 2004, many companies are > in immediate need > of a viable alternative right now! lets give it to em. > > luke. what can we do as a community to make exchange 5.5 replacment > happen? - set up nt4 + exchange 5.5 on one machine/vmware session, - outlook client on another. - install samba tng from cvs and freedce from cvs. - ask me for the source code i'm working on (must set up cvs repository) - play! the similarities between emsabp_server.c and otlkcon's mstore are very striking. l. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel
