Re: [Plug] Connecting Linux to an Exchange server

[Aaron Brown <linux@cyberspacematrix.net>]

Ok I will look into it on my side, but if there is anything I can do to
the exchange server v5.5 to help me along and still let MS Outlook on the
NT machines to read what it needs to, I can do it.  I have a copy of the
exchange server that I think I have to install to give it Macintosh
capibilities, maybee that might help me out a bit.  If anyone has any
ideas of what else I can do to access the "Public Folders" with my linux
partition, let me know.  I am thinking of trying out VMware, but I do not
know how confused the NT server will be with the same box running 2 os's.

I will keep ya all posted.

Thanks 

Rune

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, John Nolan wrote:

:Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:39:37 +2000 (EDT)
:From: John Nolan <jpnolan@Op.Net>
:Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:Subject: Re: [Plug] Connecting Linux to an Exchange server
:
:> 
:> 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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