Linux clients for Exchange (email and) calendar

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Solution 1

Evolution can communicate with the Exchange server.

To connect to the Exchange 2007 server, you need to install the mapi-exchange package. http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/usage-mainwindow-starting.html.en#second-step

Solution 2

Thunderbird with the Lightning extension. I use this combination via DavMail gateway to get seamless access to Exchange. Works perfectly (and is much better/faster than Outlook 2007).

Solution 3

Have you tried Evolution? I used it for a while against an exchange server, and had no problem with calendar items.

Solution 4

Get your Exchange admins to upgrade to Exchange 2010. The web client is actually usable in Firefox, in fact it's almost identical to the experience in IE.

Solution 5

I've been looking for something like this for awhile. My office has been on Exchange 2010 and I've been just barely managing with IMAP. Today I Googled around again and gave it another try.

Apparently Evolution has improved their Exchange support. Check out the newer versions of Evolution and their exchange-mapi plugin. It didn't use to work for me, but I just tried it in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 and it worked!

I followed this guide:

http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000378.htm

It appears that they are also working on an EWS-based plugin that will replace this MAPI plugin for the future:

http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.2/exchange-connectors-overview.html.en

Hooray!

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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RoIT over 1 year

At $work, the official email solution is Outlook on Windows, connected to an Exchange server. That's problematic for people with Linux on their desktop machine.

The Exchange server supports IMAP, and e-mail works fairly well using the usual suspects, e.g. Thunderbird. It also provides the web mail interface, which is fairly crap unless you use IE. (Any other favorite e-mail clients?)

The biggest problem is the Outlook Calendar. I still have found no viable Linux client that can replace it.

Any recommendations?
- Admin almost 15 years
  
  The iPhone and ActiveSync ?-)
- Admin almost 15 years
  
  Sadly, I solve this with vmware and an XP VM.
- Admin almost 15 years
  
  I'm doing it with vmware too. You might want to look at this question: serverfault.com/questions/5076/…
- Admin over 11 years
  
  Product recommendation questions are off topic per the updated ServerFault FAQ.
Deb almost 15 years

The Exchange Evolution Connector works against Exchange 2003 or older. Exchange 2007 is another animal, and there isn't any fully stable way to access the calendar yet.
wfaulk about 14 years

I've found that DavMail (or maybe Lightning?) has some problems interpreting some repeating schedules correctly. Right now, I have a notice that payday is every day. (Would that it were so.)
jcollie over 13 years

Unfortunately the Evolution/Exchange integration isn't that great...
adamo over 13 years

+1 for the OWA-2010. However such an upgrade may not be easy and certainly not always affordable.
gWaldo over 13 years

That's not a 'just go and upgrade' that you're mentioning... The database and security models are vastly different between E2k3/E2k7 and E2010. Not to mention the licensing costs. Chances are that a decision has already been made whether or not to upgrade or skip this version.
Massimo almost 13 years

In an ideal world this would be great... but migrating to Exchange 2010 is actually quite an expensive task, both in money and required work.
George Stocker over 11 years

Link is broken.
setatakahashi over 11 years

This link with an overview to connect to an Exchange server library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.1/…