Re: [Evolution] evolution-exchange-mapi-provider plugin disables itself

[Greg Vickers <g vickers qut edu au>]

Hi all,

Rick Bilonick wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 20:28 -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> > After installing this in Fedora Core 8, I can not get the plug-in to activate. After I check it, it disables 
> > itself as soon as I restart Evolution.
> >
> > Anyone seen this before?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > jlc
>
> Here is the well-kept secret (I could not find the original list
> messages I received):
>
> export PATH=/opt/samba4:$PATH
> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/samba4/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/samba4/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

<snip snip>

> I don't really thing anyone cares about connecting to Exchange 2007. At
> least, that's the way it appears to me. (A couple months ago with the
> latest patches, I was able to connect to exchange through the web
> exchange server evolution plugin. I was even able to get to the global
> address list - something I'd never been able to do with the plugin. Of
> course, not 2 weeks later the IT switched me to an Exchange 2007 server
> (and wouldn't switch me back).)

I've converted the rpm files for the Exchange MAPI plugin into deb 
format and installed them on Ubuntu 7.10 successfully.  Ubuntu 7.10 has 
Evolution version 2.12.1, I believe the MAPI plugin requires Evolution 
version 2.22, right?

When I start Evolution from the menu (i.e. without having set the 
environment variables), the Exchange MAPI plugin appears in the list of 
plugins (yay!) but ticking it and restarting Evolution does not keep the 
plugin enabled.  Setting the environment variables as above and starting 
Evolution from that shell means that the plugin stays enabled over 
Evolution restarts (yay!) but when I edit my account details, only the 
older "Microsoft Exchange" method of receiving email is shown, and we 
have an Exchange 2007 server :(

So *I* care about connecting to an Exchange 2007 server, do I *have* to 
run the MAPI plugin on Evolution 2.22?  And if not, does anyone have any 
tips on getting the MAPI plugin working on Evolution 2.12?

Thanks,
--
Greg Vickers
Phone: +61 7 3138 6902
IT Security Engineer & Project Manager
Queensland University of Technology, CRICOS No. 00213J