Re: [Evolution] CalDAV - any successes out there

[Robin Laing <Robin Laing drdc-rddc gc ca>]

Jules Colding wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 00:04 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 23:49 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:

> You can use OWA (the "real" one or evolution-exchange), POP3, IMAP or
> MAPI. The CLA doesn't care and you have to pay the exact same license
> fee independent of which one you use.

Hum, I wonder if it is possible to over access the OWA server and use up 
the available local licenses.  I had an issue with Evolution Connector 
and was accused of taking down the OWA server.  I guess I will have to 
try it again.  :)


> > This is of course useless for free software projects. However people
> > have been trying to reverse-engineer MAPI wire protocol, with varying
> > degrees of success (it appears to be intentionally obfuscated). Thus for
> > example the "standard" (non-Brutus) Exchange plugin for Evo is
> > independant of MS. 
>
> Brutus is wrapping native MAPI. The server does therefore needs MAPI to
> be present on the server box. Brutus is independent of MS, yes, but
> certainly not of MAPI which it is "merely" making available for FOSS
> clients on almost any platform.

I was reading that Openchange now has a libmapi available so this could 
make access much better.

http://www.openchange.org/

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