[chandler-users] compatibility with Exchange?

[Benjamin Horst]

Thanks Brian! This information is really great. I'm very excited to  
try out the preview release when it's ready.

I know that our Exchange server must have IMAP set up, because our  
Mac users access it via Mac OS X Mail. The problem they have is with  
the calendar (and this is probably common to many Exchange users who  
don't or can't run Outlook as a desktop client).

If I can help OSAF as a test environment for any of this development,  
I'll be glad to get involved.

-Ben

On Feb 23, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Brian Kirsch wrote:

> Hi Ben,
> For our Preview release Chandler will support data exchange via  
> open protocols / standards.
> These protocols include IMAP, POP, SMTP, CalDAV, WebDAV, and ICal.
>
> Exchange does have support for IMAP and I believe should  
> handle .ics ICal for Events and Tasks.
> So Chandler should work with Exchange for mail (IMAP) and  
> calendaring (ICal).
>
> Migrating from Exchange is a desire of many of our target users.  
> There are a few open source projects
> working on creating API's to access Exchanges proprietary protocols  
> such as MAPI. As far as I know
> none of the projects yet have a full feature implementation.
>
> After our Preview release, I plan to take a closer look at Exchange  
> and ways to improve inter-op with
> Chandler.
>
>
> Thanks for the question,
> Brian Kirsch
>
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> Brian Kirsch
> Internationalization Architect / Mail Service Engineer
> Open Source Applications Foundation
> 543 Howard Street 5th Floor
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> http://www.osafoundation.org
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> On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:04 AM, Benjamin Horst wrote:
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>> While my greatest wish is to get my company to migrate off  
>> Exchange, it seems unlikely to succeed anytime soon. So, until  
>> that day, will it be possible to use Chandler to communicate  
>> calendar and email data with an Exchange server? This would be the  
>> last hitch that prevents me from moving from Windows to Linux at  
>> my workplace.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
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