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Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007?

Posted by timothy on from the switch-to-postcards dept.

CrazedSanity writes "I have been working at my state job for about 7 months now, using the Exchange plugin for Evolution to check my email. Very recently the higher-ups decided to migrate to Exchange 2007, which effectively destroyed my ability to check my email through any method other than webmail (which means I have to constantly refresh/reload the webmail window). I'm sure somebody else has encountered the problem, but I'm wondering if anybody has come up with a working solution?" Note: CrazedSanity's looking for a client that will work with Exchange in a situation where replacing the Exchange install with an open-source equivalent isn't an option.

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  1. Quick and dirty by cixelsyd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Virtualize a Windows box with Outlook.

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    1. Re:Quick and dirty by darkpixel2k · · Score: 4, Insightful

      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555851

      If Office 2003 worked, then Evolution would work.

      Nice KB Microsoft: "The eliminate of the creation of Public Folder store and the connection from this Public Folder store to the mailbox store."

      Apparently working with Exchange 2007 also causes brain damage...

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    2. Re:Quick and dirty by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You played VIDEOS under XP on a P1 133mhz?

      I call bullshit. I had an old Compaq Deskpro 4000 I upgraded with an Evergreen CPU to 400MHz and I think 256MB of RAM and it doesn't reliably play videos. I can't believe anybody plays videos - real videos - on a 133MHz machine.

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  2. what am I missing here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    uhm, thunderbird ?

    or one of the many other mail clients?

    1. Re:what am I missing here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You are missing the whole point of exchange. All the integration with the other essential features. Calendaring ect.

  3. OWA? by NekoXP · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What's wrong with Outlook Web Access? Use Firefox or even Prism/XULRunner or whatever and you have everything you need.

  4. Conform by not+already+in+use · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If your job requires Windows, perhaps maybe you should, uhh, install Windows.

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  5. Re:Duh by IceCreamGuy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If I had a genie, my first wish would be for a sarcasm HTML tag.

  6. Re:Where's the outrage? by myz24 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    IMAP under Exchange 2003 is such a joke I can't imagine they actually fixed in Exchange 2007. Exchange IMAP routinely fails on every system I have running thunderbird, Windows, Linux or Mac. It works for awhile but eventually I have to restart Thunderbird to get messages to load.

  7. Re:Probably IAG by visualight · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My most recent employers have all been Linux focused in terms of product development, but they've all had "I only know Windows" people in the IT department.

    So yeah, what you said is pretty much how too many of them are set up infrastructure wise. All the managers, sales, and IT people use Windows/Outlook and all the people who make and support the product use Linux. Even at companies that have the word "Linux" in it's name it's like that.

    I always wonder why people charged with making business decisions about/around linux choose to limit their own perspective by not using the product they're marketing. I'm pretty sure it's laziness.

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