Accessing mail on Exchange Server (was Re: [ILUG] vmware)

[Conor Daly]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:43:51AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
jac1 thought:
> 
> Currently a dual-boot, win98 and linux (I had win2k but got rid of it cos i 
> couldn't resize it's partition). The mailserver appears to be a M$ Exchange 
> POP3 server. 

If people are using M$ Outlook in your office, the Exchange server is most
likely running IMAP.  

> I have mutt but i don't have the time to create my own muttrc from scratch
 
Lazy!

I use "Telsa's Over-long muttrc" available from http://www.mutt.org under
the "sample muttrcs" link.  I've modified it to include colour indexing
and to include imap mailboxes from the server at work.  The lines relevant
to IMAP are as follows:

mailboxes {EXCHANGE-SERVER}INBOX {EXCHANGE-SERVER}INBOX/Lists/ILUG
imap_user="Conor Daly"

That's it!  mutt will ask for a password when you try to open an imap
mailbox for the first time and after that, you're in.  mutt will also
check for new mail in imap mailboxes and tell you.
 
> >===== Original Message From Conor Daly <conor.daly at met.ie> =====
> >Er, why not?  Are you on a home system with a modem for internet access or
> >is this in an office where everyone uses M$ Exchange for email?  If the
> >former, you simply need to get your modem working under linux and if the
> >latter, you just need mutt which will deal with an M$ Exchange server (I'm
> >reading ILUG in that fashion currently).  Let us know what your setup is and
> >I'm sure you'll be able to sort this out.
> >
> >Conor

Conor
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