OpenMoko + Exchange

mobi phil mobi at mobiphil.com
Tue Sep 29 18:02:30 CEST 2009


Hello,
just you reminded me to try mutt with exchange. I am using mutt with gmail
time to time  and I find it much better than pine.
It seems that it works with M$ Exchange as well. So it should work on the
freerunner as well.


regards
mobi phil
http://mobiphil.com


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:24 PM, mobi phil <mobi at mobiphil.com> wrote:

> I can see my calendars (events,meetings shared with outhers). I do not have
> however calendars in shared folders, if that is what you are reffering to. I
> can write emails, however I did not try to write (probably would not work)
> event/meeting invitations.
> Pine is a command line tool, so if you have a terminal it should work, and
> building it should be straighforward.
>
> Will try it soon, once I will get my decend environment on openmoko.
>
> good luck!
>
> mobiphil
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:17 PM, not12listen <not12listen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
>> >
>> > I also use IMAP over exchange to read my office messages, just ask your
>> > sys-admin, it's simple and secure.
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > Nicolas
>> >
>> >
>> > Le mardi 29 septembre 2009 à 15:39 +0200, mobi phil a écrit :
>> >> pine as IMAP client (http://www.washington.edu/pine/ ) works fine for
>> >> me with MS Exchange server.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> regards
>> >> mobi phil
>> >> http://mobiphil.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:01 AM, not12listen <not12listen at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>         bringing this back from the dead...
>> >>
>> >>         i've been off the OM boards for a bit, but my interest in
>> >>         owning one has not
>> >>         diminished in the slightest.
>> >>
>> >>         my question still stands...  is there a reasonable method by
>> >>         which to
>> >>         connect an OM device to an exchange server?
>> >>
>> >>         in all honesty, if there is, i'd run out and buy one
>> >>         tomorrow... :)
>> >>
>> >>         again, i am VERY green when it comes to linux, but is there a
>> >>         way to package
>> >>         the Exchange connection add-on of Evolution to either Claws,
>> >>         Openmoko Mail
>> >>         or Qtmail?  or, is that idea much like re-inventing the wheel?
>> >>         --
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>> >> rgrds,
>> >> mobi phil
>> >>
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>> >> http://mobiphil.com
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>>
>> firstly, thank you to everyone that has chimed in. :)
>>
>> secondly, yesterday i reconfigured Evolution Email on my Kubuntu box
>> specifically for communicating with our hosted exchange server via IMAP.
>>  to
>> say that it was problematic, would be an understatement.  i'm sure the
>> error
>> was on my end.
>>
>> i did some research on what IMAP can and cannot do - by what i read, it
>> cannot do anything with the exchange shared calendars, even my own at that
>> point.  if that is accurate, then unfortunately, that is a show stopper
>> for
>> me - my ability to read/edit my exchange calender is absolutely required.
>>
>> this goes back to why i was curious if something similar to Evolution with
>> its Exchange capabilities exists on the OM platform or not.
>>
>> and, i just did some more reading.
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998606.aspx
>>
>> if i'm not mistaken, M$ does offer a manner by which IMAP4 Rev1 can share
>> out the calendar function via an IMAP type connection.
>>
>> also, Mobi Phil, do you used the shared calendar function as well as just
>> the standard email portion?  if yes, would PINE run on an Open Moko
>> device?
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>
>
> --
> rgrds,
> mobi phil
>
> being mobile, but including technology
> http://mobiphil.com
>



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rgrds,
mobi phil

being mobile, but including technology
http://mobiphil.com
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