Connecting to Exchange 2003

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Connecting to Exchange 2003

I am a PC guy, but just bought a Macbook Pro. I have a little Mac experience, but overall I am very new to the Mac. I bought Office 2008 Home/Student and like an idiot, I didn't read the specs. Obviously Office 2008 Home/Student doesn't include Exchange Server support. Where I am employed we use and I support and administer an Exchange 2003 server and I do contract work for a company that runs Exchange, as well. In essence, I am planning on supporting and using Exchange for many years to come. Besides Entourage with Exchange support, does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions on how to connect to Exchange from the Mac?

Windows Vista

Posted on Sep 24, 2008 10:54 AM

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Answer 1

AJ

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Sep 24, 2008 12:48 PM in response to captainjy

Apple Mail should connect to Exchange, under the following conditions:

1. the Exchange server is v 5.5 sp2 or higher
2. the Exchange server is running both ldap and imap.

Alternately, you can use OWA if it has not been disabled due to company policy.

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captainjy Author

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Sep 24, 2008 2:36 PM in response to AJ

Thanks for the reply. I know I can make an IMAP connection with no problems, but I would like to access calendars and public folders, which I cannot do with IMAP. It's looking like Entourage with Exchange support is the only way I can do this or just install Vista with Bootcamp and install Office 2007. This may work better.

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dtas

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Sep 24, 2008 4:30 PM in response to captainjy

I'm a little frustrated trying to getting Apple's Mail app or even my iPhone to connect to my job's Exchange 2003 server. Entourage 2008 works but I don't like it. I can also access OWA thru a browser as well. So I can obviously access the server remotely, but I just cannot get Apple's to work.

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AJ

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Sep 25, 2008 6:16 AM in response to captainjy

there is/was something odd about the calendar and public folders, but I can't recall what it was. I know it can be done, just can't recall the particulars.

Heres a setup guide for both entourage and apple mail:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.20/20.12/UsingEntourage/index.html

Exchange 2000 with SP 2 or later can provide mail, public folders, and calendaring - the basics of dealing with Exchange from the windows-user perspective. The latest version of server even allows full Active Directory integration for Exchange (as well as Mail), so that a client Mac isn't any different in usage from a Windows box.

or try this:
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/mobility-clien t-access/accessing-exchange-2007-apple-macintosh-part-1.html

part 2 (covers public folders):
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/mobility-clien t-access/accessing-exchange-2007-apple-macintosh-part-2.html

and finally:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/support.aspx?pid=exchange

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jdelima

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Sep 25, 2008 6:27 AM in response to captainjy

You'll never be happy with Entourage coming from Outlook. It's just not the same! You do have the option of running Windows and Outlook (for free as you'll have licenses for it with Exchange at a bare minimum, and i'd assume you have full Windows Office licenses anyway). Unity or Coherence can make it a more integrated experience if you're going down the virtualisation path too.

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Z-ghost

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Dec 6, 2008 3:59 AM in response to AJ

Hi, help me please to resolve my problems with Mail.app via Exchange. I can sent mail no futher than the Exchange name space. But I can't receive any mail at all. No SLL, IMAP/SMTP by default, all settings are correct in all layers of my account. It's absolutely true. I have no more ideas how to sync Mail with Exchange. May be I need to configure the Exchange but how? Could you send me Exchange'screenshots to zghost@inbox.ru with IMAP layer and others you decide they necessary? I will be appreciated for any support. Thanks in advance.

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