From kde-pim Thu Jun 21 02:59:27 2007 From: "Michael S. Mikowski" Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:59:27 +0000 To: kde-pim Subject: Re: [Kde-pim] Kmail and M$ Exchange Message-Id: <200706201959.27783.z_mikowski () yahoo ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-pim&m=118239482315346 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--Boundary-00=_PmeeGkbctKB2s0C" --Boundary-00=_PmeeGkbctKB2s0C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello: Here it is again, extracted from its root document. Perhaps posting this on the PIM homepage and developer review would be a good thing? :) While it is not in the document, I have recently been using dimap subscription to minimize exposure to useless shared folders. This reduces my local disk footprint, and improves sync time dramatically. I will be sure to include this next time I update the docs. Cheers, Mike On Monday 18 June 2007, lists@feilner-it.net wrote: > Am Mittwoch 13 Juni 2007 18:50:03 schrieb Michael S. Mikowski: > > Kevin, I have a detailed write-up, just haven't had time to post. > > It covers groupware too. I'll try to send this week, hopefully > > today. > > > > Cheers, Mike > > > > On Monday 11 June 2007, Kevin Kempter wrote: > > > Can anyone point me to a guide, or send me directions on how to > > > get Kmail to work with an exchange server? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > _______________________________________________ > > > kde-pim mailing list > > > kde-pim@kde.org > > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-pim > > > kde-pim home page at http://pim.kde.org/ > > Hi Mike, this sounds very interesting, > please post... :-) -- Mike www.dynaorg.com --Boundary-00=_PmeeGkbctKB2s0C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="kontact-exchange.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="kontact-exchange.txt" * Kontact -- Exchange Support (4): I've always had trouble with Evolution and Kontact. I still need to use an RDP client for some Outlook tasks - specifically, for group scehduling. But for daily email, ldap contacts, personal appointments, and reading my calendar, Kontact does a decent job. Some things are actually much faster in Kontact than in Outlook, such as searching messages, although downloading email is slower. UPDATE 20060916: A friend told me that Evolution has, well, evolved and is much better than when I last tried to use it (about 6mos ago). I tried again. On the KDE desktop at least, it remains buggy and prone to crashes. I do really miss better calendar integration, but after a day of trying it, I've again reverted to Kontact. Open Kontact, and ... Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Kontact [x] Always start with specified component Settings -> Configure Kontact -> "Select Components" [x] Calendar, News, Mail, Contacts Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Misc, "Groupware" tab [x] Enable IMAP resource functionality [ ] Hide groupware folders ---- [x] Mangle From:/To: headers... # Outlook mangle [x] Send invitations in mail body # Outlook mangle Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Identities Click "Add" button. Everything should be clear Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Accounts "Receiving" Tab "Add" button and select - [x] Disconnected IMAP In the "Add Account" dialog Account Name: MyCompany Login: yourname Password: yourpasswd Host: exchange.mycompany.com Port: 143 Namespaces: (click on the 2 arrow icon) [x] Store IMAP Password [ ] Show... [ ] Show... [x] Include in manual mail check [ ] Enable.... .... click "OK" "Security" Tab - use defaults "Filtering" Tab - use defaults "Sending" Tab Default Domain: exchange.com "Add" button and select - [x] SMTP In the "Add Transport" dialog Name: MyCompany Host: exchange.mycompany.com Port: 25 # Leave everything else as default click "OK" Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Security "Reading" Tab [x] Prefer HTML to plain text # security vs convenience [x] Allow messages to load .. # ditto # Leave everything else as default Click "OK" Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Calender -> Group Scheduling [x] Use Groupware communication Mail Client - [x] Kmail In the Mail module (select on the upper RH side of the window), File -> Check Mail # will update IMAP; will take some time Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Accounts "Receiving" Tab Select MyCompany account and click "Modify" button Trash Folder: MyCompany/Deleted Items In the Contacts module (select on the upper RH side of the window) Near the bottom RH corner of the window Click on "Add" button and then select "LDAP" In resulting form: Host: ldap.mycompany.com # Click on "Query Server" button to get server details Authentication: [x] Simple Name: MyCompany [x] ReadOnly User: CORP\yourlogin ... Password: yourpasswd ... [x] Sub-tree query And Click "OK"; You should now see LDAP entries to search through Settings -> Configure Kontact -> Mail -> Misc, "Groupware" tab ... Resources folders are subfolders of: MyCompany ... In the Calendar module (select on the upper RH side of the window) Near the middle RH side, select the "Default KOrganizer resource" and then click the "Remove" button Click on "Add" and select "Calendar on IMAP Server via KMail" You may wish to select [x] Read-only to prevent mucking up the calendar, using only RDP to update it. I find that a hassle, so I have this unchecked. But beware: don't do any group scheduling here. --Boundary-00=_PmeeGkbctKB2s0C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ kde-pim mailing list kde-pim@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-pim kde-pim home page at http://pim.kde.org/ --Boundary-00=_PmeeGkbctKB2s0C--