Evolution and the Global Catalog Server - Debacle

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 12:01 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 08:59 -0700, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> > ...Moving from Fedora List to Fedora Test List.
> > 
> > I could really use a hand on this one:
> > 
> > I'm running Evolution (on F10 PR/Rawhide) with the Exchange Connector,
> > and have always had incredible problems browsing my employer's Exchange
> > Global Address List. I picked up what I believe is the Global Catalog
> > Server by using Outlook 2007 and going through all of the motions to
> > find it there.
> > 
> > When I plug in that server name from outside of my company network, I
> > get squat.
> > 
> > When I use the same configuration from _inside_ the company network, it
> > seems to work fine.
> > 
> > So, why can't Evolution see this from outside, but Outlook 2K7 can when
> > configured using RPC over HTPPS? I won't even begin to ask why I need to
> > know and enter the Global Catalog Server name in the first place since
> > Outlook seems to be able to find this out on its own using pretty much
> > the same way of connecting.
> > 
> > Ideas? This couldn't be as simple as needing a different GC server or
> > knowing that I need a specific TCP port open. It doesn't make sense that
> > this works with one but not the other...
> 
> You might have more luck with this on
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list 

I find that I need to connect to my employer's net using VPN in order to
get remote access to the GC.

> 
> poc
> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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