Exchange Server and Ximian Evolution

[Jonathan Hutchins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Fisher [mailto:dentariz at linuxmail.org]

> I'm trying to help a friend set up his Evolution account, 
> with the ability to send outgoing mail via SMTP.  The server 
> he must go through to do so, however, is an Exchange server 
> (not sure exactly what version).  Has anyone been able to get 
> this to work?  I know it supposedly doesn't work with Outlook 
> Express, but it does with their "professional" e-mail 
> clients, like outlook 2k and xp.  Or is there some sort of 
> syntax (<SMTP:x at y.z>) format he can use to get it to work?

I've never heard of not being able to use Exchange as an SMTP relay for
Outlook or any other client.  It responds correctly to all standard SMTP
commands, or at least close enough that it doesn't actually break anything.
It does have to be set to either allow relaying for that particular IP or to
allow relaying for an authenticated client.  I use an Exchange server to
relay my outbound mail, and I've used most of the Windows, Mac, and Linux
mail programs available at one time or another.  (This includes versions of
Outlook and Outlook Express since '97.)  I have not tried Ximian's Exchange
connector.