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stephen 972 Author

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Mail & Outlook Compatibility with Exchange 2003

I have just discovered that my Macbook Air (acquired 2 days ago) cannot be used with my Exchange 2003 email account (whether through Mail or Outlook), rendering it useless for me. I have spoken to Apple who, after getting me to re-enter my email account details a few times, told me that I couldn't use the Air for email without downloading Thunderbird and even then they weren't sure whether it would work.

Having been thrilled by the iPad, I made the decision to begin to swap my various Windows PCs for Macs. As it is, I now have £1,800 of equipment which, unless there is a simple workaround or software upgrade, will sit in a drawer.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Most gratefully received!

Macbook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 4, 2011 4:15 PM

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Sep 12, 2011 2:45 AM in response to stephen 972

I had exactly the same issue. 6 months ago I started working as the only iMac user at a very large PC/Windows centric company who are still using Exchange 2003? (due to some complicated issue that has not been convincingly explained to me).

On day one when we are setting up Outlook 2011 and getting error messages, the IT dept just shrugged and said that Macs dont like exchange and that I'd have to access my Emails via a crappy Webmail interface?

This has slowly DRIVEN ME INSANE as the months have rolled by and after several attempts by myself to force IT to get it to work I finally stumbled upon DavMail. Half an hour or playing with the settings and I can now access my Mail via any app I choose (and my blood pressure is back under control).

Mail & Outlook Compatibility with Exchange 2003