Connecting to Exchange (Was: New to group)

[Eric Barendt]

I have no idea... anybody?  I work at a place where the development work gets gpl'ed and the admins don't believe in MS :)

Eric

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 11:33:14AM -0700, Nathan England wrote:
> I put Red Hat 7.1 on my system at work just for that, and it just sat and
> spun... It can't speak exchange..
> Unless I'm doing something wrong..?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Barendt" <ericb@cybertrails.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Connecting to Exchange (Was: New to group)
> 
> 
> > Has anybody tried Evolution?  I don't work in a place where Exchange is
> used, so I can't test that functionality, but I think it's supposed to work
> just like Outlook.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 09:48:31AM -0700, Nathan England wrote:
> > >
> > > The exchange admin had once apon a time allowed me to use pop.  Then he
> > > turned that off and told me to use IMAP..  Once he figured how to turn
> that
> > > off he did.  Which is why I'm running windows on this laptop..
> > > I tried your suggestion anyway, but it won't work if pop is turned off.
> > >
> > > Anyone else have any ideas?  Or know any clients that work?
> > >
> > > nathan
> > >
> > > > In your Linux POP mail client:
> > > > Set your outgoing SMTP server to mail.somecompany.com, port 25.
> > > > Set your incoming mail server to...   (this is where it varies from
> > > > person to person)...
> > > > In Outlook, click on Tools --> Services --> Properties and write down
> > > > the name of your Exchange server.  Mine is "blahblah".  Next, tack on
> > > > .somecompany.com which, in my case, results in
> "blahblah.somecompany.com".
> > > > Set the port to 110 (the standard POP port).  To get your login name,
> > > > click the new message button, click "To...", and search for your name.
> > > > Click the "Properties" button and write down the number in the "Alias"
> > > > field.  The login name that you will use is...
> > > > <NT Domain>\<NT Login>\<Alias #>
> > > > So for me, I tell my mail client software that my login is:
> > > > somedomain\matt\1234567
> > > > Your POP mail password is your NT password.
> > > > ~Matt
> > >
> > >
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