Re: [Evolution] Connecting to Exchange server without webdav-api

[Jules Colding <colding omesc com>]

Hi Lasse,

On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 10:01 +0100, Lasse Riis wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to connect to an exchange server for work. It's not running the
> OWA or Webdav-service and hence evolution-exchange is no good here. So I
> need someway to connect "directly" to the Exchange server as if I'm
> actually using Outlook. So I've looked into it and someone on the
> kolab-list suggested I look at Brutus. However Brutus is more or less
> undocumented. 

Only at first sight. Brutus is wrapped as closely around Extended MAPI
as possible so the preferred Brutus API documentation is actually MSDN.
You can use MSDN online at: 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/mapi/html/83f1e307-095b-4d27-a3ec-ff4aa22f471a.asp


> But I gathered that I have o set up some sort of a brutus
> server on a Windows-system in order for it to work(And if I still need a
> running Windows box, I might aswell use outlook on it?!).

You need a Brutus server on some Windows box due to the fact that Brutus
is wrapping MAPI which is unavailable on anything but Windows. The
advantage is that after having configured one Brutus server you can use
"native" MAPI in any number of non-Windows boxes.

> So, can I do a setup of Brutus that'll run entirely on my own
> linux-laptop or are there any other projects out there that might help
> me connect to an exchange server. It doesn't have to be
> evolution-related (I don't care what client it is), I just need to
> access the tasklist of my and one other user. I thought you might be the
> crowd to ask.

If you only have access to a Linux box, then Brutus won't do you any
good. If, OTOH, you can persuade you IT folks to put Brutus on a Windows
box that would be another matter. Everyone with network access to that
box would then be able to use your nifty little Brutus application to
access their task list.

Best regards,
  jules

PS: Bare spørg hvis du er i tvivl om et eller andet Brutus relateret ;-)