Sucking e-mail from Exchange Server vis HTTP?

[Luis Cortes]

Actually, Mickysoft Exchange does allow pop3 connections, you have to 
get your system admin to turn it on for you though.  Also, fetchmail 
will move your ME mail down to your local machine if you ask real 
nice.

Regards,
Luis.

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On 1/17/00, 12:19:46 PM, grante at visi.com wrote regarding Re: Sucking 
e-mail from Exchange Server vis HTTP?:


> On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 12:06:03PM -0700, bjorn wrote:

> > > >> I just found the http server page on Exchange server that
> > > >> allows access to e-mails via a web browser.  What I'd really
> > > >> like is to write a Python program that just sucks the mail out
> > > >> of the inbox and delivers it locally.
> > >
> > > My other option would be to write a MAPI client that runs under
> > > Win32 and then gives the mail to the SMTP server on my Linux
> > > machine.  There's a MAPI module for Python, isn't there?
> > > Perhaps that would be easier -- but I've never programmed under
> > > Win32 before...
> >
> > If you do this, let us know (I know I would be interested ;-)

> I'd rather get mail from the Exchange server directly, but
> apparently the protocol used between Exchange Server and
> Outlook isn't documented anywhere (it's rumored to be some form
> of LDAP-like thing).  I might try getting mail via the Web
> interface first.  I can play with that without having to
> install Windows. ;)

> --
> Grant Edwards
> grante at visi.com