Re: [Evolution] exchange connector

[Andre Labbe <alabbe itlab co uk>]

I'll do some test with evolution v2.0 this weekend. but if it is still
an half-bake solution, I'll stick to evolution 2.4 with imap but no
calendar and contact.
THe funny thing is there is some university's websites with the howto to
download their 'evolution' setup for their exchange, but it is not for
joe public.
This means it is possible to have it working. 

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 12:12 -0500, Bhaskar, KS wrote:
> I actually run Debian Unstable, but have evolution, and packages it
> needs pinned, to Stable / Sarge:
>
> kbhaskar bhaskarks:~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 991
>
> Package: libgssapi1-heimdal
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 991
>
> Package: libkrb5-17-heimdal
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 991
>
> Package: evolution
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 991
>
> Package: evolution-exchange
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 991
>
> Package: evolution-data-server
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 991
>
> -- Bhaskar
>
> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 11:05 -0600, Andre Labbe wrote:
> > This is what I've got, may be I should desinstall and try the 2.0
> >
> > evolution: 
> >   Installed: 2.4.2.1-1 
> >   Candidate: 2.4.2.1-1 
> >   Version table: 
> >  *** 2.4.2.1-1 0 
> >         500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages 
> >         500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages 
> >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 
> >      2.0.4-2 0 
> >         500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0 _Sarge_ - i386 Binary - 
> > Linux Format DVD 70] unstable/main Packages 
> >         500 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages 
> >         500 http://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 11:56 -0500, Bhaskar, KS wrote: 
> > > Andre -- 
> > >  
> > > How did you get evolution 2.4.2.1-1 with Debian Sarge?  On my
> > laptop: 
> > >  
> > > bhaskarks:~# apt-cache policy evolution 
> > > evolution: 
> > >   Installed: 2.0.4-2 
> > >   Candidate: 2.0.4-2 
> > >   Package pin: 2.0.4-2 
> > >   Version table: 
> > >      2.4.2.1-1 991 
> > >         991 http://mirrors.kernel.org sid/main Packages 
> > >         500 http://mirrors.kernel.org etch/main Packages 
> > >  *** 2.0.4-2 991 
> > >         500 http://mirrors.kernel.org sarge/main Packages 
> > >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 
> > >  
> > > The good news is that evolution 2.0.4-2 does connect to MS Exchange 
> > > using OWA (you have to use ximian-connector-setup-2.0 to set up the 
> > > connection).  The bad news is 
> > >  
> > > 1. evolution 2.0.4-2 periodically crashes and even more frequently
> > just 
> > > hangs. 
> > >  
> > > 2. I have had zero success getting any more recent version of
> > evolution 
> > > to connect to our corporate Exchange server, and no one has been
> > able to 
> > > help.  Even if someone were to point me to guidelines on debugging,
> > I 
> > > would be happy to follow through, but that did not happen when I
> > asked 
> > > for help on this list. 
> > >  
> > > Incidentally IMAP/SMTP access to Exchange appears to be reasonably 
> > > robust across all versions (but if all you want is IMAP/SMTP access,
> > why 
> > > use a heavy weight mail client like evolution). 
> > >  
> > > Regards 
> > > -- Bhaskar 
> > >  
> > > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 10:42 -0600, Andre Labbe wrote: 
> > > > Hi 
> > > >  
> > > > I have evolution with exchange connector 2.4.2.1-1  
> > > > when I setup an account with msexchange, I only have the username
> > and  
> > > > nothing else. I cannot click next (gray out).   
> > > > I have deinstalled the whole of evolution, deleted all evolution 
> > > > folders  
> > > > and files in my 'profile' and root 'profile'.   
> > > > reinstall the lot but I still have the same problem.  
> > > > Does anyone has some idea? 
> > > >  
> > > > My system is debian sarge  
> > > > Linux tadpole 2.6.14 #6 SMP Sun Dec 11 16:30:59 GMT 2005 i686 
> > > > GNU/Linux 
> > > >  
> > > > Regards, 
> > > >  
> > > > Andre 
> > > >  
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