[geeks] *sigh*

[Mike Parson]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 10:46:46AM -0500, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:28:26AM -0600, Mike Parson wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 12:31:26AM -0500, velociraptor wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:43:27 -0600, Mike Parson <mparson at bl.org>wrote:
>>>> (Evolution + Exchange-connector from Ximian^WNovell)
>>>>
>>>> Its not really MAPI, its closer to doing the same XML exchange that
>>>> happens between OWA and the Exchange server when you're using IE.
>>>> The first hint of this is that when configuring the connector, you
>>>> point it at the OWA URL.  It works, but it gets pokey when you're
>>>> looking at a folder with a lot of messages in it, and it tends to
>>>> lock up from time to time (often enough that the "kill `ps -aux|
>>>> grep [e]vo`" is easily found in my shell history).
>>>
>>> I was under the impression that it was not free, but maybe I am     
>>> mistaken.                                                           
>>
>> It used to be pay-ware, but when Novell bought out Ximian, they gave
>> it away for free.
>
> What version of evolution do you need to have the connector for free?
> I have 1.4.5, and I can't seem to make it work.

I've used it under 1.4.mumble and 2.0, under Mandrake 10.0, and FC 3.

There were a couple of hoops I had to jump through first under Mandrake:

http://xrl.us/fka8

> I have a license bought in the Redhat 9 days running on Redhat 7.3 (we
> had some compatibility problems and went back to 7.3 until they could
> be worked out), but when I upgraded to RHEL 3 I couldn't seem to bring
> the connector license along.

*shrug*

It Just Worked [TM] under FC3 using the available RPMS:

$ rpm -qa | grep -i evolution
evolution-2.0.4-1
evolution-webcal-1.0.10-1
evolution-data-server-1.0.4-3
evolution-connector-2.0.4-1

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org