Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Re: Support for Exchange 2007]

[Hans van der Merwe <hvdmerwe sunspace co za>]

On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:50 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:21 +0000, Hans van der Merwe wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 07:17 -0600, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> > > On 2/13/07, Hans van der Merwe <hvdmerwe sunspace co za> wrote:
> > > > This is a stretch, but what if the components that is needed for MAPI
> > > > can be run in Wine?
> > >
> > > I think the point is that, since it's job is to connect to exchange
> > > (which runs on windows only) it should not be that big a deal to
> > > either:
> > >
> > > 1)run brutus on the exchange box itself (therefore not increasing your
> > > windows footprint)
> >
> > I have no control over our servers.
> >
> > > 2)put another small, insignifigant, windows box somewhere in the
> > > network, which will allow you to avoid windows on countless boxes that
> > > need exchange email.
> >
> > Our IT guy already frowns upon my Suse box - asking for a additional win
> > box will not work.
>
> Although I couldn't be less interested in using Exchange (I feel your
> pain :-) it occurs to me that you should be able to so this via a VMware
> installation of Windows on your Linux box. You can install VMware
> Workstation for free (gratis, not libre).
>
> In fact http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/partners/ has a
> bunch of canned installations (VMware calls them Virtual Appliances).
> Maybe the Brutus people -- or any other interested party -- would like
> to consider creating such an appliance.
>
> poc


Great idea - Im at the moment evaluating VMWare, Parallels and
VirtualBox - sofar VirtualBox is winning (in price and performance, only
struggling with networking).
So will try this some time this week.



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