Re: [Evolution] Brutus : Was [Re: tips and tricks and questions and answers.]

[Ow Mun Heng <Ow Mun Heng wdc com>]

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 11:00 +0100, Jules Colding wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 17:52 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 10:33 +0100, Jules Colding wrote:
> > 
> > > "If you would like to connect to an Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003 or 2007
> > > server via MAPI (as would Outlook), get the Evolution Brutus Plugin at
> > > http://www.omesc.com/content/downloads/index.php. Evolution Brutus
> > > supports complete access to your Exchange mail, calendar and tasks."
> > 
> > 
> > I've wanted to try this functionality for the longest time but  the
> > documentation states that one needs a Windows box to run the Brutus
> > server. So.. Esentially what it's trying to do is something like a proxy
> > for Evo?
> > 
> > Evo Client (*NIX) --> Windows Box (Brutus) --> Exchange 2007
> > 
> > Is This right?? 
> 
> This is absolutely right. 

Ack.

> 
> The good thing is naturally that you can serve any number of non-Windows
> clients (only limited by the server hardware) by one Brutus server.

The Bad news is for shops that does not serve NON-Windows(tm) clients,
it'll be hard to find someone kind enough to host the !illegal!* SW. :-)

* Illegal because it's not on the list of "approved" software. Free or
Otherwise.

Thanks