[Gllug] Outlook exchange alternatives

Rob Crowther robertc at boogdesign.com
Wed Sep 8 18:25:59 UTC 2010


John Hearns wrote:
> Evolution depends on connecting to the Outlook Web Exchange page - ie.
> it uses Webmail to get your email!
>
I think it's actually using WebDav rather than scraping HTML though.

> And don;t even get me started on accessing Outlook Web Exchange with
> Firefox (ro any now-Outlook browser) - it is delibreately crippled,
> as I found once to my detriment (the contacts search function is disabled).
 >
Not so much crippled: the IE interface is ActiveX, effectively desktop 
components displayed in the browser.  I look upon the non-ActiveX 
interface I get in Firefox as a feature rather than a limitation...

Rob
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