From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: org and microsoft exchange Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:02:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87tyax87r5.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <871uygg1fs.fsf@free.fr> <87iprr8adw.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87vcvr9jfd.fsf@free.fr> <87tyb84mft.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87fwmhhp7n.fsf@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52327) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf6xk-0001Um-Ps for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:03:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf6xi-0002wi-TO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:03:04 -0400 Received: from vscane-c.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.43]:58773) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qf6xi-0002wT-H4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:03:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fwmhhp7n.fsf@free.fr> (Matthieu Lemerre's message of "Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:21:00 +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: Matthieu Lemerre Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Matthieu Lemerre writes: >> >> I have no idea what I will need to do! I really am truly ignorant of >> the whole MS world other than I know, if push comes to shove, I can >> install cygwin and then Emacs when I have to... ;-) > > Actually, there are emacs binaries for win32 that work without needing > cygwin. thanks; but cygwin seems natural to install in conjunction with emacs as I want bash et al. if I ever have to use Windows. having said this, it's been years since I have had to do this luckily (for me). >> > For the record, here are some other things that I tried/maybe worth >> > trying: >> > >> > - Davmail + thunderbird: allows accessing exchange mail and calendar and >> > syncinc with it, but did not manage to import org ics into that. >> > >> > - Evolution and the openexchange client may be other things to try. >> >> These two seem to imply using something other than Emacs for my email? >> Or have I misunderstood? > > Openexchange is a command line tool to synchronize with an exchange > server. But it is still incomplete, and I found it a nightmare to > configure and use. > > Evolution is indeed another mail client, but my intent was to use it > solely as a mean to synchronize the org mode ics file with the exchange > calendar. Instead of using outlook for this... Thanks for the explanation. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.6 (release_7.6.4.gf305a)