Re: [Evolution] Outlook connector trying to connect to wrong Exchange server

["Poornima Nayak" <pnayak novell com>]

Export E2K_DEBUG=4 in a terminal then launch evolution-exchange-storage
and set same variable in one more terminal then launch evolution from
there.
That gives debug traces. 
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 15:25 +0000, "Christopher Meyer"  wrote:
> Hi Sushma,
>
> Are there any environment  variables I can set to debug/log my
> attempts?
>
> If there's any other info I can provide to troubleshoot this, please
> let me know,
> i'll be more than happy to provide as much as possible. 
>
> Regards
> Christopher
>
> On 5/11/06, Christopher Meyer <kungfoosion gmail com> wrote:
>         Hi Sushma,
>         
>         Thanks for replying. I've tried setting the OWA URL exactly
>         the same as I would
>         access OWA via a browser, but it doesn't work for me. When
>         doing so I get the
>         following error:
>         
>         "Could not authenticate to server. Make sure the username and
>         password are correct 
>         and try again". I know my username and password combo
>         definately is correct.
>         
>         The settings are now as follows:
>         
>         Username: DOMAIN\name.surname
>         OWA URL: http://webfrontendexch01/exchange/name.surname
>         
>         Thanks.
>         
>         Regards
>         
>         Christopher
>         
>         
>         
>         On 5/11/06, Sushma Rai <rsushma novell com> wrote:
>                 Hi,
>                 
>                 Provide the OWA Url and usernames, as you give it to 
>                 OWA and it should work.
>                 
>                 Some users having a problem in the scenario where
>                 windows logon
>                 and is different that mailbox name.
>                 You are also having the similar setup?
>                 
>                 Thanks,
>                 Sushma.
>                 
>                 On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 12:08 +0100, Christopher Meyer
>                 wrote: 
>                 > Hi all,
>                 >
>                 > I'm trying to get Evolution with the Exchange
>                 connector to talk to
>                 > the Exchange server where my mailbox resides and not
>                 having
>                 > much luck at all :( . Evolution for some reason
>                 tries to find 
>                 > my mailbox and folders on one of our 4 Exchange
>                 servers
>                 > but it defaults to a particular server i've never
>                 specified anywhere
>                 > in Evolution.
>                 >
>                 > My setup is as follows:
>                 >
>                 > cjm dapper :~$ dpkg -l| egrep 'libbonobo|evolution'
>                 >
>                 ii  evolution                             
2.6.1-0ubuntu6
>                 >
>                 ii  evolution-data-server                 
1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii  evolution-exchange
>                 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
>                 >
>                 ii  evolution-plugins                     
2.6.1-0ubuntu6
>                 > ii  evolution-webcal
>                 2.6.0-0ubuntu1
>                 > ii  libbonobo2-0
>                 2.14.0-0ubuntu1
>                 > ii  libbonobo2-common
>                 2.14.0-0ubuntu1
>                 > ii  libbonoboui2-0
>                 2.14.0-0ubuntu1
>                 >
>                 ii  libbonoboui2-common                   
2.14.0-0ubuntu1
>                 >
>                 ii  libcamel1.2-8                         
1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii
>                 libebook1.2-5                          1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii  libecal1.2-3
>                 1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii  libedata-book1.2-2
>                 1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii  libedata-cal1.2-1
>                 1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 >
>                 ii  libedataserver1.2-7                   
1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii  libedataserverui1.2-6
>                 1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii  libexchange-storage1.2-1
>                 1.6.1-0ubuntu3
>                 > ii   openoffice.org-evolution
>                 2.0.2-2ubuntu5
>                 >
>                 > The company has 4 Exchange servers, one for OWA, one
>                 for storing
>                 > public folders and two for user mailboxes, ie
>                 > frontendexch01
>                 > backendexch01 <-- my mailbox resides on this one 
>                 > backendexch02
>                 > backendexch03
>                 >
>                 > After reading the following document,
>                 >
>                
http://galaxycow.com/blogs/vermyndax/archive/2005/10/18/2380.aspx,
>                 > I've realised I have to point the OWA url to
>                 backendexch02, where my
>                 > mailbox resides, because of frontendexch01
>                 > using "forms-based" authentication instead of
>                 "windows-based" 
>                 > authentication. The settings in the "Receiving
>                 Email"
>                 > tab seem to be correct, because hitting the
>                 "Authenticate" button
>                 > doesn't return any errors, but when I hit
>                 send/receive
>                 > I get prompted to enter my password to authenticate
>                 to backendexch01.
>                 > backendexch01 only contains public folders,
>                 > so I can't figure out why it tries to find my
>                 mailbox on this server.
>                 > In my "Receiving Email" tab, my settings 
>                 > are as follows:
>                 >
>                 > Server Type: Exchange
>                 > Username: DOMAIN\name.surname (I've tried
>                 DOMAIN/name.surname as
>                 > well)
>                 > OWA URL: http://backendexch02/exchange/name.surname
>                 > Authentication Type: Secure Password (tried Plain
>                 Text too)
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > Any ideas are most welcome :).
>                 >
>                 > Thanks in advance.
>                 >
>                 > Regards
>                 > Christopher
>                 >
>                 > 
>                 >
>                 >
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