Re: getting mail from Exchange/Outlook
On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:32:33 -0400
Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> wrote:
> My employer is forcing me to shut down my long-time Linux mail
> server. I have no choice in the matter.
>
> My employer uses Microsoft Exchange/Outlook for mail. They have an
> Outlook Web App (OWA) that I can access from Firefox, but as far as I
> can tell you cannot save a file to the local disk with OWA. That
> makes OWA pretty useless.
You may find that the server has been deliberately configured to
prevent this, as a 'security' measure. I haven't used OWA for a while,
and I'm not sure what version I last used, but attachments could be
saved.
> The documentation, if it can be believed,
> says that I can access Outlook with POP3 and IMAP4 programs including
> Thunderbird.
As others have said, this is not enabled by default and requires
someone to do it, as well as any firewall adjustments and port
forwarding involved.
--
Joe
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