Exchange under Mountain Lion

@davidpetree

Yup, still 2003! I dont think we have pop or imap configured either. I will try find out how to setup the fake hostfile (it sounds like the easiest option)...but the autodiscover would save me having to do this everytime (Im sure more people will bring in their new macs).

@Csound1

Ah ok, I never heard of Entourage (I really need to start using Macs more)...I think its a free download;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=10419

So I will try this. Would you reccomend I do this over editing the host file/dns?

Thanks to both of you for taking time to reply, I wasnt sure how much luck I was going to get because I just signed up today. Awesome support. I was at meetings outside the work yesterday so just back in and seen the replies.

Entourage is not free, it is a part of Office 2008

I just assumed it was free after I did a quick google search, I looked at our MS license agreement and seen this:

• Entourage 2008 for Mac
• Description
• Download
• Key

This product does not require a product key.

If you already hold a license for Entourage then it's free (just download the software) Do not get the Entourage EWS adition, just the standard (this is the most common version)

Think we're missing the point

Why are you going back to old software

How many people are on this mail server? Why not upgrade the mail server so you get all the new features and stuff,

Who runs this IT department or who runs the mail server.

Have you ever thought about going to hosted exchange

We are in the process or merging so there is no chance of upgrading the mail sever at the moment, however we are going to 2013 at some point in the next 12 months. We do have a hosted exchange, but its not for staff (long story).

David, would you reccomend setting up the autodiscover in the dns or hostfile over Entourage? I will ask my boss if I can do this.

Again thanks a lot for the help here.

The autodiscover doesn't matter with 2003 exchange but you can set it up on your dns

closing mail & re-opening is a temp fix for disappearing mail in exchange. i got this from macrumors;

1. Close Mail

2. Back up my mail store at /user/library/mail/v2/EWS-username@servername

3. Delete the folder

4. Reopen mail

hey apple, how about 10.8.3? or 10.9 for that matter !

Apple just released an update and one of the items listed under the OS X 10.8.3 Release Notes states:

"Reliability improvements when using a Microsoft Exchange account in Mail"

We can only Hope it's the solution!

Nope. New point release, same ****.

OSX 10.8.3

"Reliability improvements when using a Microsoft Exchange account in Mail"

Dont hold your breath but....

I'm really getting sick of this matter. When is Apple gooing to fix this? Why are you guys not able to solve this ****? I mean, you're not offering any alternatives to MS Exchange (iCloud isn't really a business solution) so at least try to integrate branch standards!

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Guys, does this problem just appear with exchange 2003? So maybe we should update our server - likely there's more trust to Microsoft than to (poor) Apple. A shame for Steve's legacy... 😠

yiiit wrote:

Guys, does this problem just appear with exchange 2003? So maybe we should update our server

Exchange 2003 is not supported on OSX, minimum required version is Exchange 2007, SP1 r4. And that situation has existed since Snow Leopard!

So yes, you should update your 10 year old version of Exchange or Install Entourage 2008 (which does support old versions of Exchange)

likely there's more trust to Microsoft than to (poor) Apple. A shame for Steve's legacy... 😠

Microsoft's current product (Outlook 2011) also does not support Exchange 2003. Shame for Bill Gates as well.

LOL

Perfect Answer

its like saying "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY EL Camino cant get 32MPG in the City..Shame on the oil industry

Have you tried the OSX upgrade?

My quote above was from the Apple upgrade page for ML 10.8.3 - they might have fixed the problem!

I wont be able to instal the upgrade for several days. In any case my single Exchange account has been working ok for me for several months so I cannot test the problems that others have experienced.

So if you install this new version please report back on whther it fixes the probelm(s).