Re: [Evolution] Bug 579185

[Art Alexion <art RHD ORG>]

David wrote:
> I reported this bug on 6/18/2009.  Does anyone know if there are any 
> plans to fix it soon? Essentially the bug is that the MAPI plugin cannot 
> authenticate to an Exchange server that requires SSL access. Servers 
> that don't require SSL are readily accessible.  There is no option in 
> the MAPI setup to select SSL like there is on IMAP access.  I am not a 
> programmer, but from what I can understand this bug has not been 
> assigned high priority.  It is a critical issue for many users.  Many, 
> many servers are requiring SSL and the number is likely to increase.  A 
> huge number of users cannot use Evolution since they are limited to IMAP 
> email access.  I love Linux and Evolution, but my job requires full 
> access to Exchange Server. I really want to dump Windows.   Does anyone 
> know if there is any plan to fix this problem, and how it can be 
> elevated to a critical issue?
>
>   

I get crashes during the authentication stage of the account setup, and 
we DON'T have SSL set up.



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