From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Holger Wenzel Subject: Re: org and microsoft exchange Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:53:27 +0200 Message-ID: <874o3kpvm0.fsf@googlemail.com> References: <87aaddaqhz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40787) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYbEa-0005OY-TL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:57:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYbEO-0005cg-AC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:57:32 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:42753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QYbEN-0005cX-Rx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:57:20 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QYbEL-0003YY-SX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:57:17 +0200 Received: from 31.18.169.175 ([31.18.169.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:57:17 +0200 Received: from drholgerwenzel by 31.18.169.175 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:57:17 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, > >> I was thinking of trying to get org and microsoft exchange talking to >> each other via soap-client.el and exchange web services (ews). >> Ultimately it would be nice to have a route into the corporate world >> of exchange, outlook, entourage, and blackberry where so many of us >> are forced to live. >> >> My first goal is to link org TODOs to exchange tasks in some >> simplistic way that allows two-way syncing. >> >> If that proves feasible, perhaps calendar items could be next. >> >> Does this sound useful? If anyone with elisp or web services >> programming experience is interested in lending a hand, I am sure to >> need some help. > > +1. > > My institution is moving to MS Live, whatever that means (I really am > completely ignorant of the MS world, for better or for worse). I think > this is somehow related to Exchange etc. so any type of integration with > org would be greatly helpful for me! At first, all I care about is one > way transfer, from the MS world to org but obviously two way syncing > would be good. > > In my case, it's more about calendar events than tasks. My tasks are > typically for my information only but meetings etc involve multiple > people. > > I can try to help in due course. We haven't moved to the MS system yet > so I cannot yet say how much I will be able to contribute. Keep me in > the loop! One open source project that implements a pretty impressive interface to exchange is http://davmail.sourceforge.net Maybe you can get hints on how to deal with the ideosycrasies of MS coding from there. Unfortunately I cannot use this, and your proposed solution, since my Exchange server is behind an RSA-Token-"secured" gateway. I'm planning to use the org-outlook protocol http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/org-outlook.el even if this means that I need to have an Outlook-instance running. Good luck! Holger