Re: [Evolution] evolution and access to MS Exchange 5.5

[Kevin Wilson <wkevils gmail com>]

Yes, it is.
And how do I use IMAP?
rgs,
Kevin

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 21:23 +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> > Pete,
> > Thanks!
> >
> > > evolution-exchange  :  old interface, uses http access to OWA and is v.
> > > version dependent.  Suitable for Exchange 5.5 (2003) and earlier
> >
> > Are you sure about it ?
>
> No, not at all - I don't actually use Exchange for very much - in fact I
> avoid it as much as possible.
>
> In fact I got it wrong - Exchange 2003 is actually V6.5, not V5.5.
>
> > I installed now evolution-exchange for f15 (evolution-exchange.x86_64
> > 0:3.0.2-1.fc1) and started evolution, tried to create
> > an account to exchange 5.5, and got this error message:
> >
> > "The exchange server is not compatible with Exchange connector.
> > The server is running Exchange 5.5 , Exchange Connector supports
> > Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 only."
> >
> > So ? I am desperate ! any ideas what should I do now  ?
>
> Are you sure it's V5.5?  That's very old - november 1997 to be precise -
> and I would be dubious of anywhere running that version since it won't
> have had security updates for a long time.
>
> If it really is that old, then your only real option is to use IMAP.
>
> P.