Re: [Plug] Connecting Linux to an Exchange server

[John Nolan <jpnolan@Op.Net>]

> 
> Does anyone out there know if there is a client that will connect a linux
> machine running samba to an exchange server so that I can read the
> contacts, public contacts and calaners, and get the email?  Kinda like M$
> Outlook?  Once I figure out how to do this I can fsck my NT partition and
> make it ext2fs.  

You can use Netscape as an LDAP client to read the Exchange 
address book (but not contacts, IIRC).   Exchange 
does not implement LDAP completely, but the basic 
functionality is there.  

As long as the Exchange server is configured to be a POP server, 
then you can POP mail.   You can also use Netscape as an IMAP 
client too, as long as the Exchange IMAP services are turned on. 
By default, these are both turned on. 

You might want to double-check to make sure that the 
Linux port of Netscape will actually connect to an LDAP
server for its address services. IIRC this is one of 
those arcane details of functionality that are different
in various Netscape ports.  I think this was not implemented
on the Mac port (again, I'm fuzzy on this...) 

For calendaring, I think you're out of luck for using
Netscape client against Exchange.  (Is there an Internet
calendaring protocol, a la POP / IMAP / LDAP ?)  

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