[openmapi.org devel] NMAPI Help

[Andreas Hügel]

Hello VJ,

you are totally right. At the moment, there is no working connection
from NMAPI to MS Exchange server. Nevertheless this is certainly a goal
for the big picture of NMAPI. Therefore this is being worked on under
the name of "NMAPI-Styx". This component will fill in some
functionality, that has been called "Mapi.dll Provider" in this picture:
http://www.openmapi.org/nmapi. It is built as an backend provider.
NMAPI-Styx does not jet connect to MS Exchange, so there is nothing we
can deliver to you at the moment.

Just like the currently working architecture for teamXchange:

    NMAPI -> txc-Provider -> teamXchange

will we have in future:

    NMAPI -> NMAPI-Styx -> MS Exchange.

So this will be your complete architecture:

    Evolution -> Pluggin -> NMAPI -> NMAPI-Styx -> MS Exchange


For future questions, would you be so kind, as to post them to our
developers list "devel at openmapi.org". That will make questions and
answers go public amongst all involved personal. In case of questions,
this will bring them to knowledge of the most qualified person to answer.

hope to have helped you.

greetings,
Andreas

viju hiremath schrieb:
> Andreas,
>
> I am a bit confused with your statement  "*As of today a connect of
> NMAPI to MS Exchange is still being worked on*"
> Do you mean NMAPI can not be used to connect to MS exchange server?
>
> As I had mentioned before my requirement is to connect Evolution Email
> client (on windows) to MS exchange server.
> I will also develop a pluggin to connect Evolution and the NMAPI. 
> Assuming that the pluggin work properly, Will the following work?
>
> Evolution -> Pluggin -> NMAPI -> MS Exchange Server
>
> Or is there something missing in NMAPI because of which NMAPI will not
> connect to MS Exchange server ( In the above figure,  Do u mean that
> there should be a connect between NMAPI and MS Exchange Server which
> is still not supported in NMAPI)
>
> Please help me to understand
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> VJ
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:50 PM, viju hiremath
> <hiremath.viju at gmail.com <mailto:hiremath.viju at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Andreas,
>
>     Thanks for your reply.
>
>     I have subscribed to the mailing list but when I posted a query,
>     it got rejected.
>     I have sent a mail to the mail list owner (info-owner at openmapi.org
>     <mailto:info-owner at openmapi.org>) . I will follow up on that.
>
>     I also checked the mailing list too. Holger has asked a question
>     about MS Exchange connector (March 2009, thread).
>     I could not find any answer for his query.
>
>     Basically I wanted to use NMAPI to connect Evolution client (on
>     windows) to MS exchange server
>
>     Regards,
>     VJ
>
>
>
>
>
>     On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Andreas Hügel
>     <andreas.huegel at topalis.com <mailto:andreas.huegel at topalis.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         Hello VJ,
>
>         thank you for your interest in NMAPI. As of today a connect of
>         NMAPI to
>         MS Exchange is still being worked on. Please follow our
>         mailings on
>         http://www.openmapi.org/start/mailing to find out when that
>         component
>         will be finished.
>
>         Skripts for compiling NMAPI on windows are not currently
>         available. One
>         requirement is, that special functions of mono are being used.
>         Thus,
>         compiling with .net does not work at all. Current strategie is
>         to build
>         on linux and optionally run an application on Windows mono.
>         Should you
>         like more information on that, please post a request to the
>         mailing list
>         mentioned above.
>
>         best regards,
>         Andreas
>
>         viju hiremath schrieb:
>         > Hello Andreas,
>         >
>         > I have download ( git cloned ) the Nmapi code of openmapi
>         org from the
>         > link http://www.openmapi.org/download
>         > I am trying to use this MAPI code to connect an email client (on
>         > windows XP) to Microsoft exchange server. I have following
>         questions,
>         > can you please me to understand NMAPI
>         >
>         > 1. Can I use NMAPI to connect to Microsoft Exchange?
>         > 2. What the steps/tools to compile the NMAPI code on windows?
>         >
>         >
>         > Regards,
>         > VJ
>
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