* Exchange integration?
@ 2003-08-07 20:04 William M. Perry
2003-08-08 7:06 ` Mark A. Hershberger
2003-10-17 20:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: William M. Perry @ 2003-08-07 20:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Anybody out there given any thought to integrating Gnus with Exchange
server? With all the work done lately to make KDE's mail / calendar
clienst use the WebDAV interface exposed by Outlook Web Access, we
should be able to make something happen. There is preliminary WebDAV
support in the latest URL packages.
We are getting ready to make the jump to owa2k at work, and I would hate
to have to use something other than gnus to get my email from that
account just to make scheduling easier.
-bp
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-08-07 20:04 Exchange integration? William M. Perry
@ 2003-08-08 7:06 ` Mark A. Hershberger
2003-08-08 13:32 ` Jake Colman
2003-08-08 13:37 ` William M. Perry
2003-10-17 20:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Mark A. Hershberger @ 2003-08-08 7:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
"William M. Perry" <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:
> Anybody out there given any thought to integrating Gnus with Exchange
> server?
Yes.
It would be nice to have this documented somewhere. A lot of stuff
is already taken care of already (if IMAP is enabled on Exchange),
but it'd be good to have more.
Mark.
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-08-08 7:06 ` Mark A. Hershberger
@ 2003-08-08 13:32 ` Jake Colman
2003-08-08 15:43 ` William M. Perry
2003-08-08 13:37 ` William M. Perry
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From: Jake Colman @ 2003-08-08 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "MAH" == Mark A Hershberger <mah@everybody.org> writes:
MAH> It would be nice to have this documented somewhere. A lot of stuff
MAH> is already taken care of already (if IMAP is enabled on Exchange),
MAH> but it'd be good to have more.
Why do you say "a lot of stuff is already taken care of"? If Exchange is
configured for IMAP then, yes, you can easily use gnus and nnimap to process
your email. But that's it. You can only access Exchange as an IMAP Server.
I, for one, sorely need the ability to handle my Outlook Calendar through
gnus but, currently, cannot. I am forced to keep Outlook running for the
sole purpose of accepting message invitations and updating my calendar.
Is it true that Exchange has a published interface that allows non-Outlook
clients to hook into the other server features?
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman@ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-08-08 13:32 ` Jake Colman
@ 2003-08-08 15:43 ` William M. Perry
2003-08-08 16:04 ` Jake Colman
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From: William M. Perry @ 2003-08-08 15:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
> Why do you say "a lot of stuff is already taken care of"? If Exchange is
> configured for IMAP then, yes, you can easily use gnus and nnimap to
> process your email. But that's it. You can only access Exchange as an
> IMAP Server. I, for one, sorely need the ability to handle my Outlook
> Calendar through gnus but, currently, cannot. I am forced to keep
> Outlook running for the sole purpose of accepting message invitations and
> updating my calendar.
>
> Is it true that Exchange has a published interface that allows
> non-Outlook clients to hook into the other server features?
With Outlook 2k if you install the 'Outlook Web Access' (OWA) feature
it exposes a whole bunch of stuff via WebDAV. This is why the IE
version of OWA is so much spiffier than on netscape - they actually
download an ActiveX control that uses the webdav extensions while any
other browser is stuck with the stock HTML stuff.
The last I looked this was how the Exchgange Connector for Evolution
and the KOrganizer plugin worked - they just talk WebDAV. The ximian
page still says owa is required, so I would say this is still true:
- Before using Ximian Connector you must have
* Ximian Evolution 1.4 or higher
* An account on a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
* OWA (Outlook Web Access) active on the Exchange 2000 Server
We couldn't look at the ximian source, but the korganizer stuff should
be usable as a reference.
-bp
--
Ceterum censeo vi esse delendam
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-08-08 15:43 ` William M. Perry
@ 2003-08-08 16:04 ` Jake Colman
2003-08-08 18:00 ` William M. Perry
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From: Jake Colman @ 2003-08-08 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
So all of this is only true with Exchange 2000? We are still stuck in the
ice age with Exchange 5.5.
>>>>> "WMP" == William M Perry <wmperry@gnu.org> writes:
WMP> Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
>> Why do you say "a lot of stuff is already taken care of"? If Exchange is
>> configured for IMAP then, yes, you can easily use gnus and nnimap to
>> process your email. But that's it. You can only access Exchange as an
>> IMAP Server. I, for one, sorely need the ability to handle my Outlook
>> Calendar through gnus but, currently, cannot. I am forced to keep
>> Outlook running for the sole purpose of accepting message invitations and
>> updating my calendar.
>>
>> Is it true that Exchange has a published interface that allows
>> non-Outlook clients to hook into the other server features?
WMP> With Outlook 2k if you install the 'Outlook Web Access' (OWA) feature
WMP> it exposes a whole bunch of stuff via WebDAV. This is why the IE
WMP> version of OWA is so much spiffier than on netscape - they actually
WMP> download an ActiveX control that uses the webdav extensions while any
WMP> other browser is stuck with the stock HTML stuff.
WMP> The last I looked this was how the Exchgange Connector for Evolution
WMP> and the KOrganizer plugin worked - they just talk WebDAV. The ximian
WMP> page still says owa is required, so I would say this is still true:
WMP> - Before using Ximian Connector you must have
WMP> * Ximian Evolution 1.4 or higher
WMP> * An account on a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
WMP> * OWA (Outlook Web Access) active on the Exchange 2000 Server
WMP> We couldn't look at the ximian source, but the korganizer stuff should
WMP> be usable as a reference.
WMP> -bp
WMP> --
WMP> Ceterum censeo vi esse delendam
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman@ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-08-08 7:06 ` Mark A. Hershberger
2003-08-08 13:32 ` Jake Colman
@ 2003-08-08 13:37 ` William M. Perry
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From: William M. Perry @ 2003-08-08 13:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
mah@everybody.org (Mark A. Hershberger) writes:
> "William M. Perry" <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:
>
>> Anybody out there given any thought to integrating Gnus with Exchange
>> server?
>
> Yes.
>
> It would be nice to have this documented somewhere. A lot of stuff is
> already taken care of already (if IMAP is enabled on Exchange), but it'd
> be good to have more.
The big problem with using the IMAP frontend is that all the exchange
specific goodies get nuked. Depending on what version of exchange you are
using the appointment locations and times don't come down if you use IMAP.
Eeek!
-bp
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-08-07 20:04 Exchange integration? William M. Perry
2003-08-08 7:06 ` Mark A. Hershberger
@ 2003-10-17 20:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2003-10-18 2:25 ` William M. Perry
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2003-10-17 20:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
"William M. Perry" <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:
> Anybody out there given any thought to integrating Gnus with Exchange
> server? With all the work done lately to make KDE's mail / calendar
> clienst use the WebDAV interface exposed by Outlook Web Access, we
> should be able to make something happen. There is preliminary WebDAV
> support in the latest URL packages.
Over on gnu.emacs.gnus somebody was talking about MAPI extensions to
NT-Emacs...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: Exchange integration?
2003-10-17 20:25 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 2003-10-18 2:25 ` William M. Perry
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From: William M. Perry @ 2003-10-18 2:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>"William M. Perry" <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:
>
>
>
>>Anybody out there given any thought to integrating Gnus with Exchange
>>server? With all the work done lately to make KDE's mail / calendar
>>clienst use the WebDAV interface exposed by Outlook Web Access, we
>>should be able to make something happen. There is preliminary WebDAV
>>support in the latest URL packages.
>>
>>
>
>Over on gnu.emacs.gnus somebody was talking about MAPI extensions to
>NT-Emacs...
>
>
Holy cow lars... that was an old message. :)
I have actually been spending way too much time lately looking at the
internals of outlook web access 2000. It is almost a pure WebDAV
server. Internet Explorer actually uses an ActiveX control and
javascript to talk webdav to it so its a pretty sexy UI and can do some
pretty nice things.
I have a test owa2k server in my house now so I could let people have
access to it if anyone wants to hack on it. Maybe using something like
cadaver in a subprocess (I'm not sure the webdav stuff in the url
package is up to the task).
-bp
-bp
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