[Kolab-devel] Just wondering...

[Timotheus Pokorra]

As Chris Weiss wrote on the phpgroupware list, there is this to mention:

"from I've read the connector simply calls outlook web view functions
(might
even just parse the HTML from it) so it would give nothing on the Exchange
protocol itself. Seems to me a bit of a hack, you MUST have exchange 2000
AND
have web outlook setup and enabled for the users for the connector to
work."

See also http://www.novell.com/products/connector/features.html:
" Before using Novell Connector you must have
..
    * OWA (Outlook Web Access) active on that Exchange Server"

Timo

Am 13.5.2004 schrieb "Nathan Toone" <nathan at toonetown.com>:


>Which leads to my idea:
>
>Would it be possible to create a module that "acts" as if it were an exchange 
>server?  I would listen on all the same ports, give the same responses, 
>etc...and then translate the calls to the "pseudo-exchange" to standard kolab 
>(imap, webdav, etc) commands?  Then you wouldn't have to have a plugin to get 
>outlook to work with kolab - you would just have to point it to the kolab 
>server as if it were an exchange server...
>
>I know nothing about exchange....so I don't even know if this is 
>possible...but it sounds like it would be a pretty useful addon.
>
>- -Nathan