MS Outlook to Linux
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> In-Reply-To: <[🔎] 970292C22686D2118A410001FA7E02C60143BA83@xcem-casfo-09.wellsfargo.com>; from simonst@wellsfargo.com on Thu, May 13, 1999 at 11:58:58AM -0700
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> On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 11:58:58AM -0700, simonst@wellsfargo.com wrote:
> > Is there a Debian mail package that can talk to an MsExchange server?
> > If so, I could stop using Win95 MsOutlook97, and leave Debian up full time
> > at work.
> It depends om what you are using Exchanger Server to do. Exchange Server has an enormous depth of functionality allowing it to compete head on head aginst Lotus Notes in the groupware market. However, most people who buy it use it as an email server with the priv.edb just acting as a slow and clumsy backup for your email and calendar.
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> If you are using the groupware, calendar sharing, net folders, public folders and so on, then you probably are stuck with Outlook tho it would make a lot of sense to move to Outlook 2000 or even Outlook 98 because Outlook 97 was truly appalling even by the Exchange standards while its later iterations are at least easier to use.
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> Talk to your sysadmin at work about Outlook Web Access which allows you to be a full Outlook client through a browser interface. It ain't easy for you but it is easy for the sysadmin to set up. And once up, you can use a Linux box as a client.
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> Most Exchange shops actually just use the email and replication functionality and you can get the benefit of the email server with any Linux mail client with pop functionality. Exchange runs pop as a "backup" so even though you aren't getting the mail automatically, you can set your client to pick it up every 15 seconds which is fast enough for most people. Talk to your sysadmin about network traffic before setting the intervals very close, especially if you get a lot of large files.
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> As for the priv.edb acting as a store, I have very vivid memories of one person who was accidentally deleted as a user. When it was realised we deleted the wrong user, we recreated the account with access to their home folder, etc. BUT Exchange has mashed the 53 Megabyte *.ost and even a restore from tape could not convince it that the chap could pick up the mail. Of course, without the Excgange Server authentication, the client PC also mashed the *.ost when he tried logging on. I came close to chucking Exchange and NT out on the spot but had to wait a couple of months before migration to Linux was practical.
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> So you should be able to show that a Linux based client is more secure than a native Exchange client. But a Linux based server would be more secure still:)
> PatricK
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