Exchange and Mac
Mac users with Exchange
Server mailboxes can have a rich experience similar to that of
Outlook on Windows PCs. There are some limitations, but for most
users these aren’t a problem.
The Exchange Server clients for Mac OS X are Entourage 2004 and
Entourage 2008. It is important to have the latest OS X and
Entourage patches installed; on release both versions had
undesirable "features".
Entourage
Entourage 2004 or later is the recommended client for those
users that would have Outlook if they used a Windows PC. Entourage
uses WebDAV (normally over SSL) to connect to an Exchange Server,
so some mailbox features are not available to Entourage. What
you get (but not limited to):
- Mail folders
- Calendar folders
- Contact folders
- Offline synchronisation
- Shared mail folders*
- Server side rule
processing*
- Global Address List (see
below)
- Public folders
* 1. Folder permissions must be set in Outlook
for users connecting over the internet; 2. Server side rules must
be created in Outlook, or premium OWA.
Global Address Book
Entourage uses LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to
look up names in a directory. LDAP lookups from outside of a
company or hosting network are normally blocked to maintain
security.
Entourage functionality can be extended easily using scripts,
including one to perform GAL lookups using OWA over the internet.
It's simple to install and easy to use thanks to the readme file
included in the download. You can get it from
here.
If you use Hosted Exchange a copy of Entourage is normally
included with “premium” mailbox plans.
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