OT - Outlook Web access for Thunderbird. Just sharing
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Thu Feb 28 20:34:00 UTC 2008
Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
>> Hello, I just thought I would share this.
>>
>> Over a year ago, our corporation made the move to Exchange server
>> without imap or pop access. :( This upset many, including the Windows
>> users.
>>
>> I tried to work with Evolution from the day I was forced to change but
>> never got comfortable. I hated the interface (to much like Outlook)
>> and it was so slow to get mail. As a compromise, I would get my mail
>> with Evolution and export it to TB to read.
>>
>> Over the year I looked at other options. I came across this nice
>> little JAVA application that will get the mail through webDAV and save
>> it as an mbox file. Now I don't have to even touch Evolution to get
>> my email.
>>
>> http://personal.inet.fi/atk/fetchexc/
>> fetchExc - fetches mail with webDAV from MS Exchange 2000/2003 servers
>>
>> I hope that something like this can be incorporated into TB.
>>
>> Hope it helps someone else.
>>
>
> "webDAV" you say?
> That's interesting because old Hotmail accounts are able to communicate
> using something that's called "WebDav". If it's the same one, then
> WebMail/Hotmail TB extension might already work with Outlook Web Access.
> If it doesn't already work, I'm sure the developer/maintainer of that
> extension can add this feature :)
>
> P.S. after a quick lookup, it looks like (s)he is already working on it.
> See http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension
>
>
>
I was going to search the Thunderbird lists after I posted to the group
but our web access went down.
Thanks for the link. I will have to take a look.
At least I know that OWA is working for me.
Thanks for the link.
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Robin Laing
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