[Evolution] Re: [Evolution-hackers] Dum de dum

[Celestial Wizard <celestialwizard merlin hatfields com au>]

i have exchange at home, so i can help with the RE work.  as with Tom, im
not sure what is involved other than packet sniffing but happy to help
where needed.

aside from tehe following, i dont mind exchange that much
 - enourmous disk requirments
 - enourmous memory requirments
 - complaining in NT's event log that someone has logged into another
mailbox for which they aren't the primary NT account for (which they dont
do btw)
 - putting mail in my outbox that someone else sent *shakes head* weird
one that!
 - constant Service Packs that require a damn CD
 - Microsoft Product
 - damn expensive

aside from that, the main thing i like about exchange is the outlook
client (yes, i know i know)

the groupware features are nice, shared calendars and the like
i hate pop, and cant live without imap

the features that i believe that need to really really work weel and fast
for evolution to be welcome in the corporte workplace as a replacement for
outlook (and then notes) is imap and exchange (and domino) support



On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Anthony DeStefano wrote:

> Tom Musgrove wrote:
>
> > Hmm, how does this solve the Exchange problem?  It appears that we are only
> > exchanging one proprietary product for another (TradeXCH client doesn't
> > connect directly to the Exchange server, instead, it uses a proxy hosted
> > either with the server, or on a priveliged NT client.  The proxy software is
> > proprietary still.)  While this would preclude reverse engineering the
> > protocol for exchange, you now have to purchase the proprietary software
> > proxy instead...  (This is what you are really paying for when you purchase
> > their TradeXCH client from them).
> >
> > Tom M.
> > TomM pentstar com
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Ryan Marsh wrote:
> >
> > > Schweet! I was actually packet sniffing on my windowz box last night so
> > > I can begin to reverse engineer the Exchange server protocols. Good
> > > thing I won't have to mess with that!
>
> Actually if you read through their site you only need the proxy for the
> calendar function of Outlook.  They still use MAPI for the email stuff.
>
> I'm stuck having to using an Excahnge server and would really like to help in
> the effort to reverese engineer the protocol, but I have no idea where to even
> start.
>
> --tony
>
> --------
> Anthony DeStefano
> UNIX/VMS Manager
> Juniata College
> http://www.juniata.edu
>
>
>
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