Re: [Evolution] Forwarding messages using rules

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:03 -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:26 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Can you explain how mail gets to external destinations, such as this
> > list, if a) your firewall blocks external SMTP from your machine, and
> > b) Exchange doesn't "offer" SMTP? (I'm not sure what you mean by
> > "offer").
>
> If you have an Exchange account, you can send email that way, through
> the Exchange OWA interface, just the same way you get mail.  This goes
> directly to the Exchange server over HTTP, just as if you'd entered the
> email into your browser, and the Exchange server sends it out over SNMP
> for you.  It does NOT require a local MTA on your system.

I thought that might be it but since I've never had to use Exchange I
wasn't sure.

So in fact the OP's problem is that he needs something he can call from
a Shell that will send mail through Exchange OWA. I have nothing to
suggest here.

poc